The Remnant by All The Machines is an FM drone synth: eight voices through an 8x8 feedback matrix, four acoustic filters, Drift and Evolve, and morphing snapshots.
Plugin comparison
The Remnant vs Vital
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which instrument to buy.
Independent score / workflow fit / buying signal
Contenders
The side-by-side
9.0Essential
Vital is a spectral warping wavetable synthesizer by Matt Tytel for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Technical matrix
Specs compared
| Signal | The Remnant | Vital |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 intro (regular $29); iOS via App Store | $25 |
| Dubspot Score | — | 9.0 |
| Formats | VST3, AU, CLAP, Standalone, AUv3 | VST, VST3, AU (Audio Units), LV2, Standalone |
| Type | FM drone synthesizer | — |
| Voices | Eight FM voices with continuous waveform morphing | — |
| Routing | 8x8 feedback matrix with six topology presets | — |
| Filters | Four acoustic body filters (Chamber, Cave, Metal, Void) | — |
| Movement | Drift engine, Evolve system (5 sec to 10 min), morphing snapshots | — |
| Desktop formats | VST3, AU, CLAP, Standalone (macOS 12+, Windows 10/11) | — |
| iOS | AUv3 and standalone (iOS 17+) | — |
| Price | $19 intro, then $29 | — |
| Synthesis type | — | Spectral warping wavetable synthesis |
| Operating systems | — | Windows 10+, macOS 10.15+ (Intel or Apple Silicon), Ubuntu Linux 18.04+; 64-bit only, OpenGL 3+ |
| Wavetable tools | — | Pitch-splice and vocode wavetable converters, plus text-to-wavetable generation |
| Modulation | — | LFOs, envelopes and randomized sources with stereo modulation, remappable curves, audio-rate modulation, and keytracked LFOs |
| Tuning and MPE | — | Microtonal support (.tun, .scl, .kbd files) and full MPE support |
| Included content | — | Basic: 75 presets / 25 wavetables; Plus: 250 / 70; Pro: 400+ / 150 |
See the full plugin database for more comparisons.