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  "estimates": [],
  "note": "Prices as published by the maker. Anything in estimates is Plainly's own rough comparison, not a maker price."
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    "label": "Desktop app"
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   {
    "id": "mobile_app",
    "label": "Phone app"
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   {
    "id": "plugin",
    "label": "Inside another tool"
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  "id": "active",
  "label": "Available"
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  "copies_real_faces_or_voices": null,
  "limits": null
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  "available_on": [],
  "hosts_models": [],
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  "for_task_label": "Music and sound, short loops and samples",
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    "slug": "bandlab-songstarter",
    "name": "BandLab SongStarter",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/bandlab-songstarter.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "landr",
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    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/landr.json"
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   {
    "slug": "loudly",
    "name": "Loudly",
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    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/loudly.json"
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   {
    "slug": "mubert",
    "name": "Mubert",
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    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/mubert.json"
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   {
    "slug": "musicgen",
    "name": "MusicGen",
    "type": "model",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/musicgen.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "soundful",
    "name": "Soundful",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/soundful.json"
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   {
    "slug": "soundverse",
    "name": "Soundverse",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/soundverse.json"
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   {
    "slug": "stable-audio-open",
    "name": "Stable Audio Open 1.0",
    "type": "model",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/stable-audio-open.json"
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 "last_updated": "2026-10-12",
 "entry_status": "draft",
 "sources": [
  {
   "field": "access",
   "url": "https://splice.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Home page lists desktop and mobile apps; innovation page mentions DAW integration in Studio One Pro 7. Specific OS platforms not stated on pages read."
  },
  {
   "field": "commercial_use",
   "url": "https://splice.com/plans",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Plans page: '100% royalty free', 'Sounds cleared for commercial use', downloads yours to keep. Licence terms page not read; downloading needs a subscription."
  },
  {
   "field": "lifecycle",
   "url": "https://splice.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
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   "note": null
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  {
   "field": "made_by",
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   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Footer shows '© 2026 Splice.com'; no legal entity name or address on pages read."
  },
  {
   "field": "modalities",
   "url": "https://splice.com/innovation",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "low",
   "confidence_label": "Inferred or from a secondary source; needs review",
   "note": "Create starts from a chosen loop and arranges library sounds; it is mainly sample selection, not free generation."
  },
  {
   "field": "openness",
   "url": "https://splice.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Proprietary service; inferred."
  },
  {
   "field": "pricing",
   "url": "https://splice.com/plans",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Prices shown as '$' only; USD assumed. Yearly toggle (save 15%) prices and Creator+ not readable; INSTRUMENT billing period not stated. Home page advertises 50% off Creator Annual."
  },
  {
   "field": "skill_level",
   "url": "https://splice.com/",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "low",
   "confidence_label": "Inferred or from a secondary source; needs review",
   "note": "Inferred: samples are meant to be used in music software."
  },
  {
   "field": "tasks",
   "url": "https://splice.com/innovation",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "AI-powered Create mode builds stacks from library loops (now also from uploaded audio, per blog); Similar Sounds finds matches; Variations generates new versions of a sample in your key and tempo. Catalogue itself is human-made."
  },
  {
   "field": "trains_on_outputs",
   "url": "https://splice.com/plans",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Plans page: 'We will never train AI on your work.' Privacy policy not read."
  }
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  "page": "https://plainly.guide/tools/splice/",
  "website": "https://splice.com",
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  "translations": {
   "es": "https://plainly.guide/es/tools/splice/",
   "fr": "https://plainly.guide/fr/tools/splice/"
  }
 },
 "attribution": "Data from Plainly Guide (https://plainly.guide). Please credit Plainly with a link to the entry page when you use it."
}