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Where to find Vocals for your Music? Best Royalty Free Websites
Discover the best royalty-free websites to find high-quality vocals for your music productions, from curated platforms to niche marketplaces.
Finding the right vocals is one of the most challenging tasks in the music production process. When making a beat or a track, producers have control over everything from drums to sound design to mixing and mastering. However, many producers heavily rely on online samples and recordings for vocals. Another important aspect is ensuring you have the full rights to use the vocals. Producers face enormous challenges, so keeping these challenges in mind, we have prepared a list of the best royalty-free websites where you can find vocals for your music. Whether you need acapella, vocal chops, or one-shots, you’ll find everything you need in these sources for every genre.
List:
- Vocalfy
- Splice
- Loopcloud
- ADSR
- Ghosthack
- Bandcamp
1. Vocalfy
Vocalfy is a curated platform that offers royalty-free vocal melodies (toplines) from professional vocalists working with major record labels. It ensures a constant supply of new exclusive and non-exclusive content by adding new samples every week and removing overused ones. Producers can either buy pre-recorded vocals with separate audio tracks (stems) and production files, or hire vocalists directly for custom vocal melodies. Vocalfy’s complete offering, including royalty-free licensing, separate audio tracks, and production files, makes it an ideal choice for producers looking for high-quality vocals without legal issues. Definitely one of the best places to look for quality vocals.
- Curated toplines from high-quality vocalists
- Exclusive and non-exclusive content
- 100% royalty-free vocals
- New samples added every Friday
- Overused samples removed to prevent oversaturation
- Option to hire vocalists directly for custom toplines
- Dry, wet, and uncompressed vocal stems provided
- Production files and MIDI stems available for purchase
- Ease of use and no concerns over royalties or DMCA issues
2. Splice
Splice is one of the most popular platforms for finding vocals. While there are many great sample packs and vocal samples on the platform, finding the right one is a huge task considering the large number of samples you’ll need to filter through. If you make popular genres like hip-hop, trap, EDM, or techno, you’ll find a good variety of sample packs to choose from. The only downside is that all the good quality vocal samples have already been heavily used by other music producers. If you’re more into niche or leftfield genres, it’s very tough to find the right vocal on Splice. A great thing about Splice is that it offers plenty of options for acapella, phrases, one-shots, or vocal chops. Although Splice is not just about vocals, it offers a wealth of other features as well.
Key features include:
- Vast library of professionally produced samples across genres
- “Create mode” to suggest compatible loops for ideation
- Integrated workflow to preview, drag and drop sounds into DAW, and organize favorites
- Mobile app for accessing sounds and sketching ideas on-the-go
- User-friendly interface with rapid sound auditioning
- Advanced filtering/tagging to sort sounds by genre, instrument, BPM, key
- “Similar Sounds” feature to find comparable samples across genres
- Subscription model with 100 monthly credits for $12.99
3. Loopcloud
Loopcloud, backed by Beatport, is a platform that functions quite similarly to Splice. Overall, the user interface is a bit less intuitive compared to Splice, and the filtering options are also more limited. On the positive side, the samples on Loopcloud are comparatively less used than those on Splice. Additionally, unlike Splice where all samples cost 1 credit, every sample on Loopcloud has its own individual price tag. While Loopcloud has fewer options than Splice, it is still a great source for finding royalty-free vocals. Another great feature of Loopcloud is its AI search technology that recommends samples similar to your personal taste. Pricing for Loopcloud starts from $7.99 for 100 credits and 5 GB of cloud storage.
Key Features include:
- 4 Million+ samples
- Ai search technology
- Cloud storage for samples
- Two cloud‑connected plugins that turn samples into playable instruments: Loopcloud DRUM and Loopcloud PLAY
4. ADSR
ADSR is a sample pack and plugin marketplace similar to Plugin Boutique and Loopmasters. Again, the search features are limited, so it will take a lot of effort to find the right sample pack. Also, there are no subscription models for purchasing samples, so you’ll have to buy the complete sample packs rather than picking individual samples.
Key features:
- ADSR has plenty of curators
- Detailed descriptions are provided for each sample pack
- Vocal samples are available for the majority of music genres
5. Ghosthack
Ghosthack is an amazing sample pack marketplace, especially for bass music genres. Their production bundles and sample packs are of top quality as well. There are plenty of acapella and loops available. While primarily suited for more commercial genres like Trap, EDM, and Tech House, these samples can also be creatively used in other genres. Some great picks in their catalog include the Ultimate Vocal Bundle, Insomnia: EDM Acapellas, Ultimate House Vocals, and more. However, you’ll have to manually go through their sample packs to see which ones fit your needs, unlike marketplaces like Splice and Loopcloud that offer better filtering and search options.
Key Features:
- High-quality samples
- Each sample pack contains plenty of samples to experiment with
- Acapellas, ad-libs, loops, phrases, and more are available within each pack
- Optimal pricing for each sample pack
6. Bandcamp
Bandcamp is probably the least-known source for sample packs. It’s especially a great place for finding samples in niche or leftfield genres. Unlike the platforms mentioned above, Bandcamp doesn’t have extensive search features, so you’ll have to manually go through demos of the packs to see if they fit your style. However, one thing is certain – the sample packs on Bandcamp are comparatively much less frequently used. So, if you find something there that suits your taste, it will give your tracks a unique edge. As stated before, we find the platform quite useful for leftfield genres. Also, be sure to check the sample pack descriptions to ensure you have the proper licenses associated with the samples.
Key features:
- Very less used vocal samples from niche artists
- Great for leftfield genres and cinematic sound design
- Some great free options also available
- Limited options to choose from
There are plenty of other options as well such as Tracklib if you want to legally sample old samples, or SoundBetter & Fiverr if you want to get new and customized recorded vocals from musicians on hire.Â
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