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by Unknown
Splice INSTRUMENT is the new home of Spitfire Audio’s LABS sounds. LABS was one of the most useful free instrument collections for cinematic, ambient, lo-fi, and experimental music, and the newer Splice INSTRUMENT plugin carries that idea into a more modern browser. The free tier includes hundreds of presets and regular free drops. You can load soft pianos, strings, synth textures, percussion, and artist-made instruments without using Kontakt or the old LABS plugin.
I found the preset browsing easier than the old LABS workflow, especially because you can focus on individual sounds instead of thinking in large library downloads. The trade-off is that you need a free Splice account, and the whole platform is built around advertising Splice’s paid tiers. If that doesn’t bother you, it is a quick way to get some excellent free sounds into a DAW.
Links to splice.com — the article includes the official download links.
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