Residual Breakdown
A transistor-inspired fuzz with self-oscillation, pitch quantization, side-chain-controlled mix, and an 8-slot sequencer.
Unusable Engineering is about building instruments and tools that are simple yet surprising. The lineup spans modelled character effects, science-native tools, and quirky synthesizers and geometry-based effects. Different approaches but with the same goal: expressive and fun tools with clear controls, motion and strong musical sweet spots. My plugins don't use plugin managers or call home functions.
A transistor-inspired fuzz with self-oscillation, pitch quantization, side-chain-controlled mix, and an 8-slot sequencer.
A four-quadrant multiplier with a bezier oscillator, pitch following, one-shot shaping, and an 8-slot waveform sequencer.
An 8-voice additive polysynth with slot-based motion, up to 128 partials per voice, and semi-controlled divergence between voices.
A quick, surprising multi-tap delay where room shape and node motion control the echoes.
A hall reverb that uses a room-based abstraction model with 3D orbital modulation.
A room-model auto-pan that can drift into tremolo, Leslie-ish movement, chorus, and more.
A visual one-oscillator synth built around Bézier wave shaping, orbital motion, and a membrane-style filter model.
A neural vocoder-style effect where input signal excites a 2D simulation that drives a 40-band resonant filter bank.
A cavitation-driven granular effect where fluid simulation events spawn grains from recent input audio history.
A fluid-dynamics processor that can add fracture, erode narrow bands, or pull event-shaped holes from the signal.
A thermodynamic multiband effect where spectral pressure drives dynamics, saturation, and resonance.
A 16-band spectral slicer for vocoder-style shaping, stereo motion, and rhythmic spectral manipulation.
Dual-circuit modulation with stringer-style ensemble motion and hot vintage-inspired phasing.
Dual parallel resonant EQ-like filters with slewed slots, clocked stepping, stereo motion, and harmonic edge.
A physically modelled spring reverb with reactive tank behavior, metallic depth, and unstable tails.
A creative codec-decay effect for digital nostalgia and intentional deconstruction and loss.
Six circuit-inspired effects for fuzz, modulation, filtering, spring space, and controlled digital decay.
The science-metaphor lineup: Curves & Membranes, Quadrant Modulator, Spectral Pressure Chamber, Cavitation Fractures, Grain Discharge, and Synaptic Resonance.
All unusable tools in one package, built to surprise, inspire, and keep the creative process moving.
Resize-scale persistence across every plugin, creative additions to six effects, synth workflow updates, and a look at Currents & Nostalgia.
Residual Breakdown is here, alongside Partials & Discrepancies 1.4.0, an extended preset system, oscillator-to-filter FM, and smaller updates across the lineup.
A new four-quadrant modulation effect with a drawable oscillator, pitch following, one-shot shaping, and an eight-slot waveform sequencer.