What is Forgex Raw?
One knob that finishes any track. Forgex Raw is the free, one-knob version of Forgex: turn the single POLISH knob and any track gets a finished sound in one move. Under the hood it's the whole Forgex channel strip: gentle analog-style saturation for warmth and glue, a tilt that lifts the air with a touch of low-end weight, a subtle stereo widen, and light limiting that holds it all together. The lows stay mono so the bass never smears, and everything is level-matched so it sounds polished, not just louder. At 0% it's clean and transparent.
Quick start
Get a result with Forgex Raw in under a minute.
- Insert it. Put Forgex Raw on the track or bus you want to change.
- Turn POLISH up. Raise POLISH 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
- 2POLISH: a single macro that drives saturation, tilt EQ, stereo width, and output trim together. At low settings you get a touch of warmth and air; push it for more glue, lift, and width. A front-loaded response with a gentle output trim keeps things level-matched as you drive, and the low end stays mono throughout, so the bass stays tight and club-safe no matter how wide you go.
Key specs*
| One macro, many targets | The single POLISH knob maps onto several hidden engine parameters at once (saturation drive, tilt/air, M/S width, output trim), each wrapped as non-automatable so only POLISH clutters your host's automation list, while hidden values still save and restore with state. |
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| Warm tanh saturation and tilt/air EQ | A unity-matched soft-drive curve for warmth and glue, plus complementary RBJ shelves pivoting at 650 Hz that stay exactly unity when flat and lift the highs with a touch of low-end weight. |
| Widen with mono lows | An ~800 Hz all-pass decorrelation widens the sides above unity while a Linkwitz-Riley Low-End Monomizer sums the lows to mono, so the top opens up club-safe and the bass never smears. |
| ISP glue limiter | An instant-attack, ~50 ms-release limiter with a fixed ceiling near 0 dBFS holds the sound together and keeps the output safe. |
| Constant, zero latency and safety | The engine is a zero-latency insert reporting a stable PDC that never changes mid-stream, with an always-on 5 Hz DC blocker, denormal protection, NaN/Inf sanitizing, and a bounded output so no macro position runs away. |
| Controls | One knob, POLISH |
| 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 Forgex Raw on a track?
- Insert it. Put Forgex Raw on the track or bus you want to change.
- Turn POLISH up. Raise POLISH until it sounds right. At low settings you get a touch of warmth and air; push it for more glue, lift, and width. A front-loaded response with a gentle output trim keeps things level-matched as you drive, and the low end stays mono throughout, so the bass stays tight and club-safe no matter how wide you go.
- Automate it. POLISH is the only control your DAW can automate, so one automation lane covers it.
What about the full Forgex?
Love the polish? The full Forgex gives you the whole channel strip. The Pro version is a complete channel utility: independent gain, pan, and stereo width, M/S routing modes, a low-end monomizer, intersample-peak limiter, phase tools, correlation and level metering, and 15 factory presets. Every control is explained in the Forgex manual.
Keyboard and mouse shortcuts
These work in every Forgex Raw format (AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX, Standalone).
| Reset a control to its default | Double-click the knob or slider |
|---|---|
| Scroll to change a value | Hover over a knob and scroll the mouse wheel |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Forgex Raw free?
Yes. Forgex Raw is completely free: freeware, no trial, no nag screens, no expiration.
What does the POLISH knob do?
POLISH is a single macro that drives the full Forgex channel-strip engine: gentle analog-style saturation for warmth and glue, a tilt that lifts air with a touch of low-end weight, a subtle stereo widen, and light limiting: all level-matched so it sounds finished, never just louder. At 0% it's clean and transparent.
Will the POLISH knob smear my bass?
No. The low end stays mono as the stereo image widens, so the bass never smears and stays club-safe.
How is Forgex Raw different from Forgex Pro?
Forgex Raw gives you the channel strip behind a single POLISH knob, level-matched. The full Forgex is a complete channel utility with independent gain, pan, stereo width, M/S routing, low-end monomizer, ISP limiter, correlation metering, and 15 factory presets.
Does Forgex Raw run on Apple Silicon and Windows?
Yes. Forgex 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.
What formats does Forgex Raw come in?
Forgex Raw ships as AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX and a Standalone app on macOS, as a Universal Binary for Apple Silicon and Intel, plus VST3, CLAP and Standalone on Windows 10 and 11. AAX ships on macOS only. It runs in any AU, VST3, CLAP or AAX host, or on its own.
Can I automate Forgex Raw?
Yes: the single POLISH macro is the only host-automatable parameter. Every underlying engine target it drives is hidden from your host's automation list, so all you ever automate is the one knob.
Where can I find more about Forgex Raw?
On the Forgex Raw page: its features, system requirements and how to get it.
How do I get and install Forgex Raw?
- Get it. Forgex Raw is free. Get it from the Forgex 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 Forgex Raw under Remi Blaze in your plugin list.
More about Forgex Raw, including its features and system requirements, is on the Forgex Raw page.
Where are the plugin files?
If you need to find Forgex 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 Forgex Raw file from the relevant folder. Your DAW will stop listing it on its next rescan.
Need help with Forgex Raw?
If something isn't covered here, or Forgex 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 Forgex 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.