Holy sht I never knew about the ‘Friends’ loop. Great video man

Not sure about 10 Days by Fred Again. That loop sounds much different to the song

I don't use loops as it is... I can play keyboard, Guitar, Bass so I really don't need loops of most instruments. The only loop I use is percussion , still I always chop it up and rearrange it... But I do listen to melody loops on splice to get some idea and inspiration. So if i like any loop I always try to play it on my real instrument and try to recreate it by myself and improvise it...

Mk.gee - Over Here???

If you don't play for software then why should someone pay you for your recording or mixing services?

I think it's disappointing when i see my music student's projects full of pre-made loops, preset synth patches, plugins dedicated to creating easily self-created plugin effects (such as side-chaining). The results can be good, but they will not develop their own "personality" and will not develop deep skills at creating loops and sounds and using plugins and instruments to create truly original music. Chart music doesn't require originality, but most other genres do. I admit to using the occasional loop, percussion mostly, but I love the process of creating my own loops and sounds by recording instruments etc, editing them like crazy and then adding stacks of plugins to create unique and interesting textures and grooves. I would feel like a cheat relying on other people's creativity in this context.

I think producers can do Whatever they want, it’s up to them. Personally I make beats from scratch or use splice loops and sample it.

Everyone makes music different its all about the end result not the process. Dont let any one who has not done anything tell u how to make music if us midi or 100% audio as long as the prosses works for you.

Prime loops with the old school windows symbol 😂

yeah thousands of people have that sample but did they write a hit?

I know brockhampton used splice loops and Kendrick used one once

What do you mean ‘legal trouble’? The ‘Espresso’ loop is a part of a Royalty free sample pack, and anyone, who purchased it can use it commercially. The guys who used it to get a hit know this really well. You wouldn’t be able to win in a court. I am more concerned about KZbin ContentID though…

My question is can we make our own loops and sample like splice loops, how can we achieve that?

You’re using Ozone 11 Advanced! That’s a $300 plugin!

It is a nice: VIDEO.

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Yeah people don’t care how the song was made usually . It’s sad but true . Any song is basically all about the vocals of your aiming at success .

Bro so good he started bullying engineers at fiver

I’m really happy with my general composition and song structuring, but delving into mixing is like relearning everything again 😅

Which mix is your favorite?? 🤔

Yeah i kinda stopped using cloud loops for this exact reason... Out of 60 or so melodic loops, figure how many hundreds of thousands of people have used the same vocal or sample. It happened alot with my single "Sober" with Kaivon. The vocal was a splice sample and it caused so much confusion with other songs having been released using the same sample. My rule of thumb is; if its going in the final product and i didnt write it, ill take it out or re-write it. (Other than remixes or huge song samples)😊

I avoid splice like the plague...I'll use any other loop from any other loop maker...I just don't like how popular splice is and how everyone uses splice

Never used splice loops

If I use them at all I mangle them beyond recognition into something new.

bro can't even say what plugin he used for sounds. thumbs down brother

I use looperman sometimes stacking various loops on top of each other to make a beat. I like it because they are mostly creators like the most of us and I know who to give credit to if the song gets picked up even though they are royalty free, still gotta support these creators.

F every producer who thinks this is not art and calls it lazy

@theworldsproject can you share the soundfiles you used, or give me a hint how to extract / sample them ? Big thanks & awesome job - loved your video!!!

Nice to see alternatives thank you. How about a vocal plugin alternatives for autotune?

Seems like no one is talking about copy-right issues? Even though Splice is "copyright free" it can still create a lot of trouble with ContentID, sync-licensing etc. That's why I avoid it. It's cool to use it to spark some ideas but other than that I'm not using loops anymore 😊.

Wow that Tal reverb 2 is something that I had overlooked. It has an interesting sound and actually outputs a seemingly louder signal than a lot of other verb plugins I've used. Also for another excellent free guitar library check out Impact Soundworks' free kontakt libraries.There's two actually. Shreddage 3 precision and Shreddage 3 Stratus. Both sound excellent

I love the idea of producers recycling sounds that are publicly available to everyone and then showing what is possible with them. It shows the versatility of splice and does a cool thing for the community too because they can download the same exact samples.

What vst did u use for the guitar???

This is awesome! Where did you get those guitar plugins from?

Great video! It'll be nice if there are timestamps in the video to indicate when you start talking about a plugin and also if the links for these plugins were posted in the description. Thanks for the information. 🎉

Even Kanye west does in the song lifestyle he uses a vocal sample I have in my splice library 😅

Awesome! Thanks for these!

What about registering the track with a PRO and collecting royalties from radio? Theoretically, using such loops makes it impossible to register the track with a PRO because everything in the track should belong to you, not on a license granted by something like Splice. I’m curious about how it works in your country, and whether you can, for example, register such a track without issues and what their position is

I've only once used musical Splice loops (as opposed to drum hits, rhythmic loops, soundfx, fills, etc.), and that was only because I did two remixes for an artist - and the original track was comprised entirely of Splice loops (not all from the same sample pack). I'd be curious to see what people think of the original track as every instrument and vocal you hear in the track is a Splice loop. He put them all together to make the final composition. Here's the original from Netherlands artist Pieter Herweijer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX6WoqmHhryqm9Usi=iXieMpPcsZDeLAiO Here's my remixes. The first is a 70s Prince-inspired take that uses some of the original loops, plus a lot of added production: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHqmlp1pr82EfaMsi=5Ncf7iFCf1NczcJX And the second I only used the vocal track and reharmonized everything (other than the vocals, no Splice loops used): kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWezeJqJg7GHb6ssi=vWwUucqhfVL_-bKB

I also wonder about the legal position of recreating a Splice loop. When you use a Splice loop (even if you modify it), you are theoretically covered by the licence agreement you have as a Splice member when you download the sample. But if you recreate it (especially if you don't "pay" for it, i.e. use a credit to download it), you're literally copying a copyrighted/licenced piece of music, so you could be in violation of the loop creators rights.

I was told years ago the best advice ever. Pick out:- 10 hats, 4 open, 6 closed 4 Snares & a handful of procussive sounds 3/4 of each.. Learn to use them, learn to tune them, EQ them... From them make your own loops. while you are busy learning that you are getting fundamental knowlage of how to manipulate drums. & in a few years you will have your own library of samples. & you will have had all the know how that got you there.. that is 100x more valuable than a loop pack. On the same note. Pick one synth. use it. Master it. then when it comes to using others you will already have a reference point to learn from. then that new synth will only take a month to learn instead of wasting years tweaking presets & not really learning anything!

I agree around 3:55 - many producers are against using loops and also many producers are not professionals. We could stop the “you should make your own for, snares, basses, kick drums“ at any point down the line. Code written by someone else makes us able to produce on a computer. Dragging and dropping loops works in some cases, but great mixing, excellent vocals, great songwriting is what counts.

its a completely made up problem. sampling is a core part of electronic music. lets say marshmallow used the loop from an old CD sample pack he found in a basement that was super rare everyone would say it was so cool. now that companies adds the sample pack to splice its suddenly not. The reality is samples have scarcity value to them, similar to diamonds. If more people have access to the sample the less perceived value it has amongst arrogant musicians who probably aren't even succesful! Well guess what, 4 million users on splice, 8.2b people listening to music in the world. basically, don't worry about it too much. do what you want. its music, there no guardrails.

Great video! I agree with most of your points in this matter, I use splice samples a lot to seed or enrich my music but always tweak them a lot abd use shazam and other identifiers to seed if it’s still recognized in another song… but what I really care more about is that bass library you used at 1:03 it sounds delicious!!! On that note I think if you would make a tutorial on how you are recreating these loops and with what libraries and fx plugins you’ll get a lot of traction as you’re very skilled!

Literally never. Pick up an instrument. Hell, even voice-to-midi your ideas if you have to. Crate dig for long-forgotten samples; old songs that mean something to you. Music is not about workflow or just “getting shit done” for Christ’s sake. It’s your lifeblood. It lives forever. What do you want to leave behind?

I am using the Spawn Vst and I feel kinda bad about it.

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great point of view and perspective about the topic. whats vst did you use for the guitar chords and the lead one btw? thanks for the video.

What is the guitar plugin you are using?