What is Clampit Raw?
Turn one knob and your track gets tighter, denser, and louder-feeling: the same tested limiter engine from the full Clampit, behind a single dial. Clampit Raw drives your signal into a brick-wall ceiling and pins the peaks, so mixes, drums, and full masters sound more controlled instantly. Constant Loudness keeps the output level-matched, so you hear the control change, not just the volume: no menus to dig through.
Quick start
Get a result with Clampit Raw in under a minute.
- Insert it. Put Clampit Raw on the track or bus you want to change.
- Turn CLAMP up. Raise CLAMP until it sounds right.
- Compare. Bypass the plugin in your DAW to hear the difference.
The interface
Controls
Header
- 1Fire Head: click the flame logo to open the About panel: what the plugin is, who made it and the trademark notices. Click anywhere in the panel to close it.
The knob
- 2CLAMP: a single macro that drives the limiter and lowers the ceiling together. At low settings you get gentle peak control. Push it further and the limiter clamps harder: tighter, denser, and louder. Constant Loudness is hard-wired on, so every position stays level-matched and your A/B comparison is honest.
Key specs*
| True-peak limiting with lookahead | Inter-sample peaks are detected via a 4x polyphase-IIR oversampler, and a fixed 1.5 ms per-channel lookahead delay lets the limiter catch peaks before they hit. |
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| Constant Loudness compensation | The limiter cancels the input drive so output level stays matched as CLAMP pushes harder, with a rolling K-weighted (ITU-R BS.1770) LUFS measurement running internally. |
| Output safety chain | A 5 Hz DC blocker removes asymmetric bias, followed by a re-clip to the ceiling, a per-sample NaN/Inf sweep, and an absolute hard safety limit, with denormals guarded. |
| Static latency | The lookahead delay is padded to a fixed value and reported once, so the host's plugin-delay compensation never shifts, and audio passes through the same delay line during host bypass so alignment stays correct. |
| One knob, hidden targets | Only CLAMP appears in the host automation list; every pinned Pro parameter is wrapped as non-automatable but still saved and restored with the plugin state. |
| Controls | One knob, CLAMP |
| Formats | macOS: AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX, Standalone. Windows: VST3, CLAP, Standalone |
* Key specs from the plugin page. Some specs may not be listed.
How do I use Clampit Raw on a track?
- Insert it. Put Clampit Raw on the track or bus you want to change.
- Turn CLAMP up. Raise CLAMP until it sounds right. At low settings you get gentle peak control. Push it further and the limiter clamps harder: tighter, denser, and louder.
- Automate it. CLAMP is the only control your DAW can automate, so one automation lane covers it.
What about the full Clampit?
Love the clamp? The full Clampit goes deeper. The Pro version adds three knee characters (KNOCK/GLUE/CLOBBER), BS.1770 LUFS metering, true peak inter-sample limiting, adjustable lookahead, stereo link, and A/B comparison: the last plugin on your master bus. Every control is explained in the Clampit manual.
Keyboard and mouse shortcuts
These work in every Clampit Raw format (AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX, Standalone).
| Reset a control to its default | Double-click the knob or slider |
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| Scroll to change a value | Hover over a knob and scroll the mouse wheel |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Clampit Raw free?
Yes. Clampit Raw is completely free: freeware, no trial, no nag screens, no expiration.
What does the CLAMP knob do?
CLAMP is a macro that drives the signal into a brick-wall ceiling and pins the peaks: tighter, denser, and louder. Constant Loudness keeps the output level-matched, so it gets more controlled, not just louder.
How is Clampit Raw different from Clampit (Pro)?
Clampit Raw gives you the tested Clampit limiter engine behind a single CLAMP knob with Constant Loudness. The full Clampit adds three knee characters (KNOCK/GLUE/CLOBBER), BS.1770 LUFS metering, true peak limiting, lookahead, stereo link, and A/B comparison.
Does Clampit Raw run on Apple Silicon and Windows?
Yes. Clampit Raw is a Universal Binary that runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) and Intel Macs, and ships as a 64-bit build for Windows 10 and 11.
Does Clampit Raw add latency?
Clampit Raw uses a fixed 1.5 ms lookahead delay so the limiter can catch peaks before they hit. That delay is padded to a fixed value and reported once, so the host's plugin-delay compensation never shifts mid-stream, and audio is passed through the same delay line during host bypass so track alignment stays correct.
Can I automate Clampit Raw?
Yes: CLAMP is the only host-automatable parameter, so you can automate all the clamping from a single lane. Every hidden Pro parameter (input, ceiling, release, lookahead, true peak, stereo link, and more) is wrapped as non-automatable but still saved and restored with the plugin state.
Where can I find more about Clampit Raw?
On the Clampit Raw page: its features, system requirements and how to get it.
How do I get and install Clampit Raw?
- Get it. Clampit Raw is free. Get it from the Clampit Raw page.
- Run the installer. On macOS, double-click the .pkg file and choose AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX or Standalone. On Windows, run the .exe installer and choose VST3, CLAP or Standalone.
- Open your DAW. Restart your DAW and rescan plugins if needed, then find Clampit Raw under Remi Blaze in your plugin list.
More about Clampit Raw, including its features and system requirements, is on the Clampit Raw page.
Where are the plugin files?
If you need to find Clampit Raw on disk, for example to troubleshoot or to uninstall it manually, these are the standard locations.
| macOS AU | ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/ |
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| macOS VST3 | ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/ |
| macOS CLAP | ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/CLAP/ |
| macOS AAX | /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins/ |
| Windows VST3 | C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\ |
| Windows CLAP | C:\Program Files\Common Files\CLAP\ |
To uninstall, quit your DAW and delete the Clampit Raw file from the relevant folder. Your DAW will stop listing it on its next rescan.
Need help with Clampit Raw?
If something isn't covered here, or Clampit Raw doesn't behave as described, contact support or email support@remiblaze.com. To get an answer faster, include:
- your operating system and version (for example macOS 15.6 or Windows 11)
- your DAW and its version
- the format you're using (AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX or Standalone)
- the version you installed (shown in the installer and in your download), since the About panel of every Raw shows v1.0.0
- what you did, what you expected, and what happened instead
This manual is for Clampit Raw 1.0.1. Controls and settings can change between versions, so if something here doesn't match what you see, check the version shown in your installer or download. Spotted a mistake or have a question? Let us know.