Licensed music from Epidemic Sound
How Copilot finds licensed tracks in your organization's own Epidemic Sound account, brings them into a chat cut to length, and what that costs.
Licensed music from Epidemic Sound on Morphic lets Copilot search the Epidemic Sound catalog of real, human-made tracks through your organization's own Epidemic Sound account, and bring the tracks you choose into a chat as audio files, each cut to the length a scene needs. The tracks come from your own subscription, so Morphic charges no credits for finding or bringing them in.
Connecting an Epidemic Sound account is part of Enterprise plans. An admin connects it first, in Connectors.
What you need
- An Epidemic Sound subscription with API access, and an API key from its Developer Portal
- An admin who connects the account in Settings > Connectors
Once it is connected, every member of your organization can ask Copilot for licensed music. Until then, Copilot says that Epidemic Sound is not connected and names the admin's step.
Find music with Copilot
- Open Copilot
- Ask for a real or licensed track and describe the music: its mood, genre, instruments, energy and what it is for, for example "find me three licensed tracks for a tense cinematic trailer, instrumental with a slow build"
- Copilot searches the catalog and lists the tracks it found, with each track's title, artists, length, tempo, moods, genres and whether it has vocals
The chat shows 'Searching licensed music for' and the description Copilot searched with, then 'Searched licensed music'. Copilot reads ten tracks at a time, best match first, and reads further pages when you ask for more. You can narrow a search:
- Vocals: ask for instrumentals only, or allow tracks whose vocals are only chops and ad-libs with no lead singer
- Tempo: give a range in beats per minute
- Similar tracks: ask for more tracks that sound like one Copilot already found, for example for a neighbouring scene that must match
Say "licensed", "real" or "from our Epidemic Sound account" when you want catalog music. A plain ask for music may be answered with a generated track instead; see Audio generation.
Bring tracks in
Ask Copilot to bring in the tracks you want, by title or by number in its list. Each one becomes an audio file in the chat, and the chat shows 'Bringing in licensed music', then 'Brought in licensed music'.
- Copilot brings in up to 12 tracks in one request, and only the ones you choose, since each one is a download on your Epidemic Sound account
- A track the chat already holds is reused as it is, with no new download
- If Epidemic Sound cannot provide a track, Copilot names it and still brings in the rest
The files appear in the chat as audio you can play, in the file's Assets panel, and on the Compose timeline like any other audio. Each file keeps the track's title and artists as its name and remembers which Epidemic Sound track it came from.
Cut to length
Tell Copilot the length a track should run, for example "cut to 15 seconds" or "fit it to this shot". Epidemic Sound then re-edits the track to close to that length, anywhere from 1 second to 5 minutes, with a natural start and ending instead of a loop or a hard cut. The edit can take a few minutes.
An edit comes back close to the length you asked for, not always exactly on it: the file can run a second or more over. Copilot reports the length each file really runs, and trims it to the exact length when a scene needs that, which costs the usual credits of an audio edit.
An edited track is one mixed file, so it has no stems, and its beats differ from the released track's.
Score a video
To put music under a whole video, describe the video's sections and the mood of each, or attach the video and ask Copilot to score it. Copilot splits the video into cues where the mood changes, searches a track for each cue, and brings each one in cut to its cue's length, instrumental where there is dialogue. Place the files on the Compose timeline, or ask Copilot to.
Cost and licensing
| What | Morphic credits | Your Epidemic Sound account |
|---|---|---|
| Searching the catalog | None | Nothing is counted |
| Bringing in a track, cut to length or not | None | One download per track, under your subscription |
| An edit Morphic makes to the file afterwards, such as a trim | The usual credits of that audio edit | Nothing |
The tracks are licensed to your organization by its Epidemic Sound subscription, under that subscription's terms. When you export a Compose timeline that carries these tracks, Morphic reports the tracks on it to Epidemic Sound as used by your organization, so your account's usage records stay right. If the account has been disconnected by then, nothing is reported.
Morphic sends your searches and an anonymised member id to Epidemic Sound, and nothing else about you.
Disconnect
When an admin disconnects the account, Copilot stops searching and bringing in Epidemic Sound music. Tracks already in your chats and projects stay where they are.
Troubleshooting
When a request cannot go ahead, Copilot says why.
| Message | What to do |
|---|---|
| "This organization has not connected Epidemic Sound. An admin can connect it with their Epidemic Sound API key in Settings > Connectors." | Ask an admin to connect the account. On plans below Enterprise, 'Connect' in Connectors opens a prompt to upgrade. |
| "Epidemic Sound no longer accepts this organization's API key. An admin can connect it again with a new key in Settings > Connectors." | An admin creates a new key in the Epidemic Sound Developer Portal and replaces the key in Connectors. |
| Copilot names a track it could not bring in | Epidemic Sound could not provide that track or that edit. Ask for another track, or for the track at its released length. |
| A track came back longer than asked | Edits land close to the length, not always on it. Ask Copilot to trim it to the exact length. |
That's how you use licensed music from Epidemic Sound on Morphic. Reach for it when a project needs a real track under its scenes, and your team already licenses its music through Epidemic Sound.
If you have any trouble or have any questions, feel free to reach out. We're happy to help. Write to us at support@morphic.com.