SPITFIRE LABS ALTERNATIVE · VST3 / AU
LABS is free. MUTANT. is built for the beat.
Spitfire LABS is one of the best free things in music software: sampled pianos, strings, choirs and strange textures, with a simple two-knob interface. It's made for atmosphere. MUTANT. is made for the parts of a beat LABS doesn't cover: 808s, heavy bass, leads, plucks, arps and phrases, stacked four deep and mutated by a cube.
Hear it.
Straight from the MUTANT. library, nothing added. Tap a sound.
More sounds, the stacks and the cube on the MUTANT. page.
Spitfire LABS vs MUTANT.
| SPITFIRE LABS | MUTANT. | |
|---|---|---|
| Sampled strings, choirs, pianos, textures | ✓ | – |
| 808s + heavy bass | – | ✓ |
| Arps + phrases | – | ✓ |
| Layer 4 sounds in one patch | – | ✓ |
| Drag in your own one-shot, play it as a synth | – | ✓ up to 4 at once |
| Rubik's cube FX (43 quintillion chains) | – | ✓ |
| Price | Free (paid extras) | $39 pre-order · $69 after Dec 15 |
LABS is a trademark of Spitfire Audio. SCRAMBLE isn't made by or affiliated with Spitfire Audio. MUTANT. facts are for the Dec 15 release.
The beat half.
808s + bass
Thunder 808s, Reese, growl, glide.
Leads + plucks
Riffs that cut through.
Arps + phrases
Hold a chord, get a part.
Your sounds
Drop in one-shots and play them as synths.
When LABS is the better pick
- You want free sampled strings, choirs and cinematic textures.
- You're scoring or making ambient music.
We'd rather you buy the right synth. If that's Spitfire LABS, go for it.
No two stacks the same.
43,252,003,274,489,856,000
Built on a real Rubik's cube, MUTANT.'s FX engine has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 positions, and each one is a different FX chain. To get through just 1% of them you'd have to make 10,000 presets a day for 118 billion years. That's over 8 times the age of the universe.
MUTANT. is out December 15. Pre-order it for $39.
$69 after launch. Own the SCRAMBLE. Bundle? Yours is $29. One-time payment, key and download emailed on launch day.
Questions
Should I use LABS or MUTANT.?
Both. LABS for free atmospheres and real instruments, MUTANT. for the 808s, bass, leads and arps.
Is MUTANT. free?
No. $39 on pre-order, then $69. Bundle owners pay $29.
When does MUTANT. come out?
Tuesday, December 15. Pre-order now for $39 (it goes to $69 at launch) and you get your key and download by email that day. Bundle owners pay $29.
What does it run on?
VST3 and AU on Mac, VST3 on Windows, in any DAW that loads them: FL Studio, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Studio One, Reaper and the rest. It plays from MIDI like any synth.