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Flarex Raw

One-Knob Mono-Safe Stereo Widener

"Wide synths and vocals — always mono-safe. Bass-mono is always on, so it never phase-cancels on club systems."

Flarex Raw — One-Knob Mono-Safe Stereo Widener — plugin interface for macOS (AU, VST3, Standalone)
AU VST3 Standalone macOS

WHAT IT DOES

One knob to a bigger mix. Flarex Raw is the free, one-knob version of Remi Blaze's Flarex — turn a single WIDTH knob to spread synths, pads, and vocals across the stereo field, always mono-safe. No menus, no guesswork, no phase problems.

Under the hood it runs mid/side processing while keeping the low end locked to mono. The bass-mono crossover is always active — your sub and kick stay centered no matter how wide you push the top end — and a phase-correlation safety net automatically pulls the width back if the signal ever drifts toward cancellation. Club-safe stereo width, every time.

THE WIDTH KNOB

WIDTH controls stereo spread intensity. At low settings, the image gently opens up — subtle spaciousness without losing center focus. Push it further and the sides widen dramatically while the bass-mono crossover keeps everything below ~120Hz locked to center. You can go wide without worrying about phase cancellation on club systems or mono playback.

UNDER THE HOOD

One knob, hidden parameters — WIDTH is the only host-automatable parameter; the M/S width, mid/side gain, bass-mono, and output controls are each wrapped as non-automatable so they never clutter your automation list, yet still save and restore with the plugin's state.

Mid/side imager — the signal is encoded to mid/side, widened with a power-constant scaling and mono-compatible all-pass decorrelation above unity, then decoded to L/R, so a wider image still collapses cleanly to mono.

Always-on bass-mono — a Linkwitz-Riley crossover pinned to 120 Hz removes the low side content so the bass sums to the centre, crossfaded in so nothing clicks and the low end never phase-cancels.

Phase-Lock Sentinel — a per-block correlation meter smoothly pulls the width back if phase problems appear, and a Deep-Dive hard-mute collapses to mono if correlation goes severely negative, keeping the widening mono-safe.

Constant latency and safety — the engine reports zero latency so the host's plugin-delay compensation never changes mid-stream, with NaN/Inf protection, a hard limiter, and denormal guards keeping every knob position clean.

INSTALL IN 30 SECONDS

1

DOWNLOAD THE .PKG

Click Download Free above. Double-click the .pkg file to run the installer.

Signed & notarized by Apple — it installs cleanly, no security warnings, no "Open Anyway."
2

CHOOSE YOUR FORMATS

The installer lets you pick AU (Logic, GarageBand, Ableton), VST3 (Ableton, Reaper, Bitwig, FL Studio), and the Standalone app. Install takes a few seconds.

3

OPEN YOUR DAW

Restart your DAW and rescan plugins. Find Flarex Raw under Remi Blaze in your plugin list.

UPGRADE TO FLAREX

Love the width? The full Flarex goes deeper.

The Pro version adds manual mid/side gain, adjustable bass-mono frequency, the Entropy stereo-modulation engine with Seed Lock for evolving spatial textures, and manual output control.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Is Flarex Raw free?

Yes. Flarex Raw is completely free — freeware, no trial, no nag screens, no expiration.

What does the WIDTH knob do?

WIDTH controls stereo spread intensity using mid/side processing. It widens your signal while keeping bass frequencies locked to mono. The bass-mono crossover is always active — your low end never phase-cancels on club systems or mono playback.

How is Flarex Raw different from Flarex (Pro)?

Flarex Raw gives you stereo width with built-in bass-mono behind a single WIDTH knob. The full Flarex adds manual mid/side gain, adjustable bass-mono frequency, the Entropy stereo-modulation engine with Seed Lock, and manual output control.

Does Flarex Raw support Apple Silicon?

Yes. Flarex Raw is a Universal Binary that runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) and Intel Macs.

What formats does Flarex Raw come in?

Flarex Raw ships as AU, VST3, and a Standalone app for macOS, built as a Universal Binary for Apple Silicon and Intel. It runs in any AU or VST3 host, or on its own.

Will Flarex Raw change my levels?

No — the volume holds steady across the knob. A balance of gentle side air, a slight centre carve, and a small output trim keeps the image getting bigger without clipping or jumping in level.

GET THE REST FREE

Flarex Raw is part of the Blaze Essentials pack — 32 free one-knob plugins. Grab them all.

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