PHASE PLANT ALTERNATIVE · VST3 / AU
A Phase Plant alternative for when you don't want to patch.
Kilohearts Phase Plant ($199) is a blank-canvas modular synth: add any number of generators, modulators and snap-in effects. It's powerful and open-ended. MUTANT. is the opposite: open it and the sounds are already there, stack four, drag in your own one-shots, twist the cube.
Hear it.
Straight from the MUTANT. library, nothing added. Tap a sound.
More sounds, the stacks and the cube on the MUTANT. page.
Phase Plant vs MUTANT.
| PHASE PLANT | MUTANT. | |
|---|---|---|
| Modular, unlimited generators | ✓ | – |
| Snap-in effects | ✓ | Cube FX + 6 pocket FX |
| Ready-made 4-layer stacks | – | ✓ |
| Drag in your own one-shot, play it as a synth | Sampler generator (pitched sample) | ✓ rebuilt as a synth, up to 4 |
| Rubik's cube FX (43 quintillion chains) | – | ✓ |
| Price | $199 | $39 pre-order · $69 after Dec 15 |
Phase Plant is a trademark of Kilohearts. SCRAMBLE isn't made by or affiliated with Kilohearts. Price is its list price, Nov 2026. MUTANT. facts are for the Dec 15 release.
Open it and play.
Presets first
300+ sounds from every category.
Four layers
Each with level, tune, low and high.
Your one-shots
Rebuilt as playable synths.
Cube
43 quintillion FX chains.
When Phase Plant is the better pick
- You enjoy building patches from nothing with unlimited layers and modulators.
- You want Kilohearts snap-in effects inside your synth.
We'd rather you buy the right synth. If that's Phase Plant, 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. modular?
No. It's a fixed four-layer synth built for speed.
Can I use both?
Yes, it's a normal VST3 / AU instrument.
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.