The migration flow for LABS users into Splice INSTRUMENT is as seamless as it can be. When you first open INSTRUMENT, it will populate automatically with your currently installed and functioning LABS content.
From there we recommend setting up your installation path so that all your content remains in one place: How to set the install location for Splice INSTRUMENT
Within your DAW, nothing will change. We do not want to break your existing projects, so they will all still load with the LABS plugin and will not be automatically replaced. This does mean that if you want to change an existing project to use INSTRUMENT, you'll need to manually replace the plugin on each track and load the corresponding preset.
Content that is installed from INSTRUMENT is not compatible with LABS. Any content installed from LABS after first opening INSTRUMENT will not be moved over. If you do install content from the LABS plugin that you then wish to port into INSTRUMENT, please contact the Splice Customer Experience team so that we can assist you with this process.
Subscriptions between INSTRUMENT and LABS+
While the content transition is seamless, moving your subscription to the INSTRUMENT plan may cause a bit more confusion.
Having a LABS+ subscription does not allow you to access that content within INSTRUMENT, and having an INSTRUMENT plan does not allow you to access that content within LABS; they are strictly two separate services.
This means that in order to move from your LABS+ subscription to INSTRUMENT, you'll need to keep a few things in mind:
Your current projects/tracks using the LABS plugin will still play back just fine and respond to automation after cancelling your LABS subscription.
If you wish to use new tracks with LABS+ content, you should load the INSTRUMENT plugin instead where you can continue to tweak, modify, and download new content.
If you are having issues getting LABS to play back your tracks after cancelling your subscription, please reach out to our support team.