OUTPUT ARCADE ALTERNATIVE · VST3 / AU
An Arcade alternative you buy once.
Output Arcade ($9.99 a month) is a loop instrument: play constantly-updated sampled loops from your keyboard and mangle them. It's a fun idea-starter, and the subscription keeps adding content. MUTANT. gives you a similar 'hold a key, get a musical part' feel with played phrases and arps, but it's a synth, so every part is editable, and you pay once.
Hear it.
Straight from the MUTANT. library, nothing added. Tap a sound.
More sounds, the stacks and the cube on the MUTANT. page.
Arcade vs MUTANT.
| ARCADE | MUTANT. | |
|---|---|---|
| Hold a key, hear a musical part | ✓ loops | ✓ phrases + arps |
| Constantly updated sample library | ✓ | Expansion packs |
| Edit the sound itself | FX + slicing | ✓ synth layers |
| Play your own one-shots as a synth | Load your own samples | ✓ rebuilt as synths |
| Rubik's cube FX (43 quintillion chains) | – | ✓ |
| Price | $9.99/month | One-time · $39 pre-order · $69 after Dec 15 |
Arcade is a trademark of Output. SCRAMBLE isn't made by or affiliated with Output. Price from Output's US plan, Nov 2026. MUTANT. facts are for the Dec 15 release.
Ideas from one key.
Phrases
Hold a note or chord and MUTANT. plays a phrase in key.
Arps
Played arps with their own rhythm.
Stacks
Four sounds per patch, all editable.
Pay once
No subscription. Your sounds don't disappear if you stop paying.
When Arcade is the better pick
- You want real recorded loops (vocals, guitars, live drums), not synth parts.
- You like a fresh drop of new content every week and don't mind a subscription.
We'd rather you buy the right synth. If that's Arcade, 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
Is MUTANT. a loop player?
No. It's a synth that plays phrases and arps from MIDI, so you can change the sound, key and notes.
Is there a subscription?
No. $39 pre-order (then $69), one time. Expansion packs are optional one-time purchases.
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.