VITAL ALTERNATIVE · VST3 / AU
Vital is free and amazing. Here's when MUTANT. fits better.
Vital's free tier gives you a full spectral-warping wavetable synth, which is incredible. What it doesn't give you is time: you still build sounds from oscillators up, and the free tier has 75 presets. MUTANT. is the opposite trade. It isn't free, but it opens with 300+ beat-ready sounds, four-layer stacks, your own one-shots as synths and a cube for FX.
Hear it.
Straight from the MUTANT. library, nothing added. Tap a sound.
More sounds, the stacks and the cube on the MUTANT. page.
Vital vs MUTANT.
| VITAL | MUTANT. | |
|---|---|---|
| Wavetable synth with spectral warping | ✓ | – |
| Deep modulation, drag-and-drop | ✓ | Basic |
| Factory presets | 75 free · 400+ Pro | 300+ (2,950+ more in the store) |
| Ready-made 4-layer stacks | – | ✓ |
| Played phrases | – | ✓ |
| Drag in your own one-shot, play it as a synth | Import audio as a wavetable | ✓ rebuilt as a synth, up to 4 |
| Rubik's cube FX (43 quintillion chains) | – | ✓ |
| Price | Free · Plus $25 · Pro $80 | $39 pre-order · $69 after Dec 15 |
Vital is a trademark of Vital Audio. SCRAMBLE isn't made by or affiliated with Vital Audio. Prices from Vital's plans, Nov 2026. MUTANT. facts are for the Dec 15 release.
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300+ sounds
808s, bass, keys, pads, leads, brass, plucks, chip, arps and phrases.
Stacks
Four layers, each with its own range so they don't fight.
Bring your own
Your kit's one-shots, rebuilt as playable synths.
Mutate
Twist the cube for a new FX chain on the whole stack.
When Vital is the better pick
- You want a free synth and you enjoy designing sounds.
- You want wavetable editing, spectral warping and deep modulation.
- You're on Linux.
We'd rather you buy the right synth. If that's Vital, 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
Why pay for MUTANT. when Vital is free?
You're paying for finished sounds and speed: 300+ presets, stacks, phrases and one-shot rebuilding. If you love sound design, Vital may be all you need.
Can MUTANT. load Vital presets?
No. You can drag in audio one-shots, including ones you bounced from Vital.
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.