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SCORCHIT

Saturation that reshapes the voice. Scorchit fuses four saturation modes with a five-band formant filter bank, so driving harder makes a vocal sound deeper or chirpier — without touching its pitch. Drop in any audio clip and its amplitude envelope pumps the drive for rhythmic, breathing saturation.

Part of the Remi Blaze Plugin Suite · AU · VST3 · Standalone

Scorchit — Formant-Linked Saturator — plugin interface for macOS (AU, VST3, Standalone)
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INSTALLATION

3 steps. Takes 30 seconds.

1

RUN THE INSTALLER

Double-click Scorchit_Installer.pkg. Choose AU, VST3, 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 Scorchit under Remi Blaze in your plugin list.

  • Ableton: Plugins › Audio Effects › VST3
  • Logic Pro: Audio Effects › Remi Blaze › Scorchit
  • Reaper: FX › VST3 › Scorchit
Security Note: Scorchit 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.

FEATURES

Formant-Linked Saturation

◆Drive (0–100%) and Character (-100% to +100%) are coupled — as drive increases, the formant bank shifts in the Character direction
◆Formant Link (0–100%) sets how much drive modulates character
◆Four saturation modes — Warm (tanh), Grit (asymmetric), Tape (tanh + rolloff), Tube (even-harmonic injection)
◆Oversampling — Standard (4x) and HQ (8x) with static latency reporting for gapless mode switching

5-Band Formant Filter Bank

◆Five parallel bandpass filters modeling vocal formant resonances, all shifting together with Character, Link, and Envelope
◆Resonance (Q 1–20) — higher Q for synthetic/robotic, lower for natural/biological
◆Formant Mix (0–100%) — blend between dry post-saturation and the formant-filtered signal
◆Phase-aligned dry path via a matched all-pass chain to eliminate cancellation artifacts at partial Mix

Vowel Lock & Melt

◆Vowel Lock — Character snaps to five phonetic vowel positions (U, O, A, E, I) with per-vowel gain compensation
◆Slew-smoothed F1/F2 targets for click-free transitions between vowel states
◆Melt (0–100%) — formant entropy adds slow, organic frequency drift for the instability of a real vocal tract
◆Independent L/R drift states create subtle stereo movement

Envelope Modulation

◆Drop a sample (kick, loop, vocal) onto the sidechain display to modulate Drive with its amplitude envelope
◆Env Mod depth (0–100%), Attack (0.1–50ms), Release (10–500ms), and Invert for breathing effects
◆Looping, normalized sample playback with drag-and-drop support for WAV, AIFF, MP3, FLAC

Output & Workflow

◆Auto-Gain — RMS-matched compensation keeps perceived volume consistent regardless of Drive
◆Tone EQ (±12 dB high-shelf), full-range dry/wet Mix, and output trim (-24 dB to +6 dB)
◆Real-time formant display visualizing the 5-band response, plus a vertical drive meter
◆15 factory presets, A/B comparison, Randomize, Link Lock, Character Flip, and save/load

FACTORY PRESETS

Init
Vocal Warmth
Deep Voice
Chipmunk Grit
Tape Vocal
Tube Character
Drive-Linked Deep
Drive-Linked Bright
Pumping Saturation
Robotic
Remi Blaze Scorchit
Anonymous Resident
Sucking Air
Robo-Talker
Presence Shifter

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

  • OS macOS 15.0 (Sequoia) or later
  • Architecture Apple Silicon + Intel (Universal Binary)
  • Formats AU, VST3, Standalone
  • DAW Any AU or VST3 compatible host

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Is Scorchit free?

No. Scorchit is a paid plugin — a one-time purchase with no subscription. Once you own it, it's yours: no trial limits, no watermark, no feature gates. If you want a free taste of the sound, grab Scorchit Raw, the one-knob junior version.

What makes Scorchit different from a normal saturator?

Drive and vocal character are linked. As you push the drive harder, a five-band formant filter bank shifts with it — so a voice sounds deeper or chirpier without ever changing its pitch. The Formant Link control sets exactly how tightly drive and character are coupled.

What are the saturation modes?

Four: Warm (smooth tanh soft clip), Grit (asymmetric hard clip with odd and even harmonics), Tape (tanh with high-frequency rolloff), and Tube (second-harmonic emphasis). Each pairs with the formant bank so the drive character and the vocal character move together.

What is Vowel Lock and Melt?

Vowel Lock snaps the Character control to five phonetic vowel positions (U, O, A, E, I) for a talk-box feel, with per-vowel gain compensation. Melt adds slow, organic formant drift — the subtle instability of a real vocal tract — for movement that never sounds static.

Can I modulate the drive with my own audio?

Yes. Drag any sample — a kick, a loop, a vocal chop — onto the sidechain display and its amplitude envelope modulates the Drive. With adjustable Attack, Release, and Invert, you get rhythmic, breathing, or ducking saturation. Supports WAV, AIFF, MP3, and FLAC.

Does Scorchit support Apple Silicon?

Yes. Scorchit is a Universal Binary that runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) and Intel Macs, in AU, VST3, and Standalone formats.

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

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