Years ago I got a lot of use out of AudioFinder but it’s Mac only and I’ve been out of that loop for a while now. Source: over 1 year ago

I like AudioFinder https://icedaudio.com/site/ lots of ways to organize and search. For Mac OS. Source: over 2 years ago

On Mac I use Audiofinder and love it. Out analyzes all your samples, let's you hear them with plugins, reverse the sample, change the pitch, etc. And then when you find what you like I just stay and drop it onto Ableton. Https://icedaudio.com/site/. Source: almost 3 years ago

Also, I didn't see it mentioned, but if it's environments that you are mostly after, one possible solution is to use HDRIs for the background. Obviously those are more limiting than a proper 3D environment but might be good if you are just doing static, one-off shots. You can get free ones of those from https://polyhaven.com and https://hdri-haven.com. Source: about 1 year ago

Https://polyhaven.com Polyhaven has free textures, models, and HDRIs. Source: about 1 year ago

As for rule 2 compliance, you may recall from the last post, I textured the duck with an image from unsplash. I used a terrain texture from polyhaven.com (was texturehaven.com back when I downloaded it.) I honestly cannot remember which tool I got the heightmap from, it was so long ago. But google terrain height map generator or some variant on that, I think there's like openGIS is one of them, and like,... Source: about 1 year ago

Huge shoutout to polyhaven.com their Material/Model Collection was a huge timesaver. Source: about 1 year ago

As per rule 2: I used a picture from unsplash to texture the duck. I used wood textures from polyhaven.com for the boat. All the modeling done in blender. Source: about 1 year ago