OMNISPHERE ALTERNATIVE · VST3 / AU
An Omnisphere alternative that fits in a beat budget.
Omnisphere 3 ($499) is a giant: thousands of patches, a huge sound library, granular and wavetable engines and a 93-effect rack. It's also a big install and a big price. MUTANT. is a smaller, faster tool for beatmakers: 300+ hand-made presets, four-layer stacks, your own one-shots rebuilt as synths, and a cube that mutates the whole stack. Pre-order it for $39.
Hear it.
Straight from the MUTANT. library, nothing added. Tap a sound.
More sounds, the stacks and the cube on the MUTANT. page.
Omnisphere vs MUTANT.
| OMNISPHERE | MUTANT. | |
|---|---|---|
| Patches | Thousands | 300+ (2,950+ more in the store) |
| Huge sampled library (orchestral, cinematic, world) | ✓ | – |
| Layering | ✓ | ✓ 4-layer stacks |
| Arps + phrases ready to play | ✓ arpeggiator | ✓ played arps + phrases |
| Drag in your own one-shot, play it as a synth | – | ✓ up to 4 at once |
| Rubik's cube FX (43 quintillion chains) | – | ✓ |
| Price | $499 · upgrade $199 | $39 pre-order · $69 after Dec 15 |
Omnisphere is a trademark of Spectrasonics. SCRAMBLE isn't made by or affiliated with Spectrasonics. Omnisphere 3 facts from its Oct 2025 launch; price is its list price, Nov 2026. MUTANT. facts are for the Dec 15 release.
The beat-ready part, without the giant library.
Pads, keys, arps, phrases
The sounds producers actually reach for in a beat, made from scratch and ready in the browser.
Stacks
Four layers per stack, each with its own level, tune and range, so you get Omnisphere-style big layered sounds in one click.
Your one-shots
Drag in any one-shot and MUTANT. rebuilds it as a playable synth in the same key.
Cube FX
43 quintillion FX chains, one twist away. Six one-tap pocket FX on top: PUNCH, NITRO, PHONE, CWO, GRID, SPRING.
When Omnisphere is the better pick
- You score film or games and need orchestral, cinematic and world instruments.
- You want thousands of patches and a deep synth engine behind every one.
- You use hardware synths as controllers (Omnisphere's hardware profiles) or work in Pro Tools.
We'd rather you buy the right synth. If that's Omnisphere, 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. as big as Omnisphere?
No, and it isn't trying to be. Omnisphere has thousands of patches. MUTANT. has 300+ built in and 2,950+ more in its store, focused on beats: 808s, bass, keys, pads, leads, arps and phrases.
Why pick MUTANT. over Omnisphere?
Price ($39 pre-order vs $499), speed (stack four sounds and go), and two things Omnisphere doesn't do this way: playing your own one-shots as a synth, and the Rubik's cube FX.
Can I use both?
Yes. MUTANT. is a normal VST3 / AU instrument, so it sits next to Omnisphere in any project.
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.