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The honest version, in 30 seconds

• Splice has 3M+ samples, exclusive major-artist packs (Skrillex, Diplo), the Bridge plugin's in-DAW auditioning, and generative AI tools. For sheer breadth and in-session workflow, nothing matches it.
• Selekt ($5/mo flat) is the layer for commercial release — a smaller, less-saturated cleared catalog plus the documentation and verification distributors and sync libraries actually check.
• Cleared at the source: Selekt accepts CC0, public-domain, and CC-BY material with a documented upstream source and rejects restrictive licenses at ingest.
• Checked before admission: open-upload and Internet Archive material is fingerprint-screened against 150M+ recordings and rejected on a match; authoritative public-domain archives use documented source attestation.
• Provable, not “trust us”: every download carries an Ed25519-signed, SHA-256 hash-chained certificate you can verify in your browser with no account. Watch one auto-verify live →
• Build loops that exist nowhere else: decompose any track — ours or your own upload — into stems, MIDI, chords, and one-shots, then recombine them in any direction in the browser. The export is yours alone. Stem Lab · Custom Mix.
• The honest gap: Splice's scale is also its risk — the same loop in thousands of releases is what draws Content ID flags and sync-library rejections. Flat $5/mo, no saturation.

The real difference: build loops that exist nowhere else

Splice hands you finished loops — and when tens of thousands of producers download the same file, it lands in thousands of releases (that's the saturation behind the Content ID and sync-rejection problems below). Selekt works differently in kind. Every track in our catalog is already pulled apart into the same interchangeable parts — stems, MIDI, chords, and one-shots — and anything you bring in gets separated into stems too, so your audio and ours land in the same workspace and recombine freely. You assemble it in your browser, and what you export isn't a pack loop everyone has — it's a combination that exists nowhere else.

Say you want a beat no one has heard. Pull the drums from one public-domain break, take the guitar from a different cleared track, drop your own viola or violin line over the top, then spin in random cleared textures until it clicks. It all snaps together because it was already split into parts — and the moment you export it, you're the only person who has that loop.

And that's just one recipe. The mixing and matching goes in any direction: your melody under a cleared break, your vocal over a public-domain guitar, your drums swapped for a vintage kit, our bassline beneath your chords — any part from our catalog or your own files, in any order. Spin in random cleared textures and one-shots at any point. The combinations don't run out, and every one you make is yours alone.

Catalog ingredients retain their documented CC0, public-domain, or CC-BY provenance. Files you upload remain your audio and are not silently relicensed or represented as cleared catalog material. That keeps the proof honest while the tools still let both sources work together.

Feature comparison

Where Selekt differs most from Splice is the documented catalog plus the production workflow around it. Catalog sounds keep their verified provenance and include useful stems, MIDI, chords, or one-shots where applicable. Uploaded audio remains the user's own material; processing it does not clear or relicense it.

Where each platform wins

What Splice users actually complain about

These aren't hypothetical — they're recurring complaints from Splice's own users on Reddit, Trustpilot, BBB, and X. We're not exaggerating.

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