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Unusable Quadrant Modulator

Unusable Engineering / €29 incl. VAT

Quadrant Modulator is Unusable Engineering's four-quadrant ring-mod: drawable Bézier oscillator, pitch follow, one-shot, 8-slot sequencer. €29 incl. VAT. AU and VST3.

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Unusable Engineering Quadrant Modulator with drawable oscillator and eight-slot sequencer
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A drawable four-quadrant multiplier with pitch follow, one-shot shaping, and an eight-slot sequencer. €29 incl. VAT. Not a multi-FX rack.

Am besten für Producers who want ring-mod or amplitude shaping from a waveform they can draw, sequence, and tune.

Pros

  • Drawable 5-point Bézier / Node oscillator
  • Free Run, SC Pitch Follow, and One Shot
  • Quantize, MTS-ESP, and an 8-slot sequencer with slew
  • Clean and Diode modes, wet feedback, tube-style limiter

Cons

  • Windows is VST3 only; no AAX
  • Not a general multi-FX
  • Science-native UI is happier on recent CPUs with several instances

Field notes

Überblick

Quadrant Modulator is Unusable Engineering's four-quadrant multiplier. Draw a bipolar cycle, keep it on one side of the horizon for amplitude modulation, or cross the horizon for ring-mod sidebands. Free Run, SC Pitch Follow, and One Shot are the three oscillator modes.

Street price is €29.00 incl. 25% VAT. Formats are AU and VST3 on macOS 12+, VST3 on Windows 10 and 11. No plugin manager. No call-home. Sold direct from unusable.net.

Compared with ShaperBox 3 and Infiltrator 2 it is one multiplier, not a rack. Compared with Melt it multiplies instead of smearing pitch and time. Read the Quadrant Modulator first look.

Technical matrix

Spezifikationen

Type
Four-quadrant multiplier / ring-mod and AM
Modes
Free Run, SC Pitch Follow, One Shot
Sequencer
8 slots, 6 patterns, Preset Slew, Rate Slew
Formats
macOS AU/VST3, Windows VST3
System
macOS 12+, Windows 10/11
Price
€29.00 incl. 25% VAT

Zuletzt geprüft 2026-09-11

Quick reference

FAQ

How much does Quadrant Modulator cost?

Quadrant Modulator is €29.00 incl. 25% VAT from Unusable Engineering. Scientist Suite is €99 / €185. Full Suite v2 is €179 / €438, both incl. VAT.

Can Quadrant Modulator follow pitch?

SC Pitch Follow uses a phase-locked loop on the side-chain or main input. It is most stable on simple monophonic signals.

What formats does Quadrant Modulator support?

AU and VST3 on macOS 12+. VST3 on Windows 10 and 11.

Comparison matrix

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