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Flarex

Stereo Imaging & Widening

"Power-constant stereo width with mono-compatible decorrelation — wide and lush up top, tight and mono down low, with phase-safety built in."

Flarex is a mid/side stereo imaging tool that lets you push width from full mono up to 200% using mono-compatible all-pass widening that survives a mono fold-down. A Linkwitz-Riley bass-mono crossover keeps your low end tight and centered, while a built-in vectorscope with a Cloud Density heatmap and a correlation meter let you read your stereo picture in real time. Signed and notarized on macOS, code-signed on Windows. AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX and Standalone on macOS; VST3, CLAP and Standalone on Windows.

Flarex — Stereo Imaging & Widening — plugin interface for Mac and Windows
AU VST3 CLAP AAX Standalone macOS Windows

INSTALLATION

3 steps.

1

RUN THE INSTALLER

Double-click the .pkg file. Choose AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX or Standalone.

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 if needed. Find Flarex under Remi Blaze in your plugin list.

  • Ableton: Plugins › Audio Effects › VST3
  • Logic Pro: Audio Effects › Remi Blaze › Flarex
  • Reaper: FX › VST3 › Flarex
Security Note: Flarex is built by Remi Blaze and is signed & notarized by Apple, so it installs cleanly with no security warnings. The plugin is safe to use — no background processes, no network calls, no telemetry. Downloads are distributed via GitHub Releases.

FEATURES

Core Imaging

◆Stereo Width 0–200% — power-constant M/S scaling from full mono to unity, then mono-compatible all-pass decorrelation widening with no mono phase cancellation
◆Mid/Side Gain — independent ±12 dB boost/cut for center and stereo content with 20ms smoothing
◆Bass Mono (20–500 Hz) — Linkwitz-Riley crossover collapses low-frequency side content to mono for tight, club-safe low end
◆Mono Check — collapse to mono for compatibility checks (monitoring only, no change to your printed output) via a click-free crossfaded toggle
◆Output Gain −24 to +6 dB with smoothed control

Phase Safety

◆Phase-Lock Sentinel — hysteresis correlation monitor pulls width to 50% on dangerous phase relationships and restores smoothly
◆Deep-Dive Hard Mute — emergency collapse to mono on severe phase inversion with 10ms click-free crossfade
◆Hard limiter and per-sample NaN/Inf protection on every output sample
◆Denormal prevention as the first line of the audio path

Visualization

◆Cloud Density Heatmap — 128×128 teal-to-orange density map inside the vectorscope showing mid vs side energy
◆Real-time Lissajous vectorscope with age-faded accent dots
◆Correlation meter (−1 to +1) with color-coded MONO SAFE / CAUTION / RISK status
◆Input and output L/R level meters with smoothed color transitions

Snapshot & Presets

◆Capture Snapshot (SNAP) — clones the density heatmap, correlation anchor, and frequency blueprint for ghost-overlay A/B comparison
◆Cloud Density ghost overlay with GHOST opacity slider and signed correlation delta readout
◆11 factory presets, A/B comparison, and safety-first Dice randomization
◆Save/Load user presets with full snapshot state persistence

FACTORY PRESETS

Init
Mono
Subtle Wide
Wide
Extra Wide
Narrow Focus
Wide Pads
Bass Mono Only
Mid Boost
Side Boost
Remi Blaze Width

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

  • OS macOS 15.0 (Sequoia) or later · Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit)
  • Architecture Apple Silicon + Intel (Universal Binary) · x64 on Windows
  • Formats macOS: AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX, Standalone. Windows: VST3, CLAP, Standalone
  • DAW Any AU, VST3, CLAP or AAX compatible host

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Is Flarex free?

Yes. Flarex is completely free to download and use under a proprietary freeware license. No trial, no watermark, no feature limits.

How does Flarex widen without breaking mono?

From 0–100%, Flarex uses a power-constant mid/side cos/sin law so perceived loudness stays stable as you narrow or widen. Above 100%, it uses cascaded all-pass decorrelation that adds perceived width which survives a mono fold-down — so there's no phase cancellation when your track is summed to mono.

What is the Phase-Lock Sentinel?

A hysteresis correlation monitor that watches your stereo image. When correlation drops into risky territory, it automatically eases the effective width back toward 50% and restores smoothly once the phase relationship recovers. A Deep-Dive Hard Mute collapses to mono on severe phase inversion, with click-free crossfades throughout.

What is Bass Mono for?

Bass Mono uses a Linkwitz-Riley crossover to collapse low-frequency side content to mono below an adjustable frequency (20–500Hz). This keeps your low end tight, centered, and club-safe while the rest of the spectrum stays wide.

What is the Cloud Density heatmap?

A 128×128 teal-to-orange density map rendered inside the vectorscope. Teal shows side-heavy energy and orange shows mid-heavy energy, so you can read at a glance where your stereo energy sits. Use SNAP to freeze a ghost overlay and compare A/B as you tweak.

Does Flarex run on Apple Silicon and Windows?

Yes. Flarex 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.

Installation guide is above. Need more help? Visit the support page.

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Flarex Raw gives you the core widening engine behind a single knob — completely free, part of the Blaze Essentials pack.

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Flarex is part of a growing collection of tools designed by a producer, for producers. More plugins are on the way.

Licensed under the Freeware License.