Tracksynk vs Soundstripe: real music with an edge.
Soundstripe is a polished subscription library, built for studios that need a lot of safe, cleared music fast — and it does that well. What it isn't built for is character. The raw, the scrappy, the un-sanitised stuff rarely survives a catalogue tuned for broad-safe. Tracksynk is where it lives: hand-picked tracks from independent artists, licensed in a click, with 75% going to the person who made it. Here's the honest comparison.
We don't curate by genre. We curate by feel.
Raw, edgy, alive — and from there, scrappy garage-punk to dreamy cinematic to warm feel-good folk. Every track made by a real artist with something to say. The stuff stock libraries don’t have.
Subscription libraries optimise for volume and broad-safe usability — which quietly filters out anything with grit, character, or risk. Tracksynk goes the other way: every track is hand-picked from a real, named, independent artist, chosen on feel and raw connection rather than genre. We’re not snobs about style — classic and mainstream sounds are welcome — the only bar is that the artist is brilliant and the track means something.
This music usually means chasing the artist. We did that for you.
The catch with truly independent music has always been clearance: find the artist, agree a fee, draft a contract, sort the rights. Tracksynk removes all of it. IndieSynk and StudioSynk licences are instant — pick the track, pick the tier, use the music. For broadcast, cinema or a major campaign, CustomSynk quotes are usually turned around within 48 hours, drafted and cleared with the artist. Direct-to-artist sound, without the direct-to-artist admin.
Built by musicians and developers. Owned by the artists on it.
Tracksynk isn't a corporation sitting on a catalogue. It was built by musicians and developers to give the power back to the people who make the music. Artists own their masters, set their own prices, and are paid directly — Tracksynk never touches their money. License here and it goes straight to the person who made it.
Where your money goes
75% of every licence goes to the artist who made it — published on the track page. Soundstripe doesn’t publish a number at all.
The artist keeps their master and takes 75% of every licence sale, shown openly on every track page. When their music gets used, they get paid — every time.
Pricing model
Pay per track and own that licence outright — or pay every year to keep licensing anything new.
One-time per-track pricing. Buy the licence, keep it, no ongoing fees, no plan to maintain. Right for projects with discrete music needs — a film, an ad, an album.
The big stuff: broadcast & sync
Bigger uses need a real licence, fast. CustomSynk quotes come back, drafted with the artist, usually within 48 hours.
CustomSynk for broadcast, cinema, streaming and major campaigns — a direct quote negotiated with the artist, drafted and cleared end to end, usually within 48 hours.
What does Tracksynk have that Soundstripe doesn't?
If I cancel Soundstripe, do my old videos get taken down?
Is Tracksynk's music really different, or just cheaper?
When Soundstripe is the better call.
If you’re a studio or team pushing out high-volume video work across multiple producers — dozens of tracks a year, many seats — a subscription with seat licensing beats per-track on pure maths. That's Soundstripe’s job and it does it well. Tracksynk is for when the track matters more than the volume.
Find a track that actually sounds like something.
Browse the catalogue, pick a track, license it in a click, keep it forever. No subscription, no plan to maintain, no AI filler — and 75% goes to the artist who made it.