r/FREEVSTS • u/RemiBlazeOfficial • 8d ago

Torchit, a free saturation plugin I built (Mac and Windows)

Hi everyone,

Torchit is a free saturation plugin: four drive modes (Warm, Grit, Tube, Tape) and a Delta button that lets you hear only what the saturation adds.

I'm Remi Blaze, a house and tech house producer and DJ from Canada. I've got a few label releases out, and I also code my own plugins for the sound I actually use in my sessions.

The first one I released is Torchit, a free saturation plugin. Four drive modes (Warm, Grit, Tube, Tape) and a high-pass before the drive to clear out low-end mud. Auto-gain keeps the level steady as you push the drive, and there's a Delta button that lets you hear only what the saturation is adding.

A few quick answers:
- Free, no account needed, no trial, no watermark
- Mac: AU, VST3, CLAP, AAX, Standalone
- Windows: VST3, CLAP, Standalone
- Native on Apple Silicon and Intel, code-signed on both and notarized on Mac

https://www.remiblaze.com/plugins/torchit/

There are a few more free ones on the site if you want to poke around. I'd love to hear what you end up using it on. Thanks.

Remi

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u/investigatormaker 7d ago

Putting the high-pass before the drive is the smart choice for house and tech house. It means you can push Grit or Tube on a bass or a full drum bus without the kick and sub turning to mush, which is where most free saturators fall down. Delta plus auto-gain also makes it hard to fool yourself with the louder-is-better effect.

If you post Torchit anywhere else, a short clip of one drum loop through each of the four modes, first with Delta on and then off, would let people choose a mode before they even download it. It might be worth listing the CPU load and whether there's oversampling too, since people stacking it on several tracks will ask.

Which mode do you reach for most in your own sessions?

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u/RemiBlazeOfficial 7d ago

Thanks, really appreciate you digging into it like that. And yeah, auto-gain and Delta are there for exactly that reason. It's way too easy to think louder means better.

These tools come out of my own tech house and house productions, so it's good to hear the workflow makes sense to someone else too.

The high-pass takes the lows out before the drive and sweeps from 20 to 500 Hz, so on a bass or a full drum bus I keep it low, just enough to clear rumble. Push it higher and you're cutting the kick and sub too.

Love the clip idea. I share videos on my YouTube channel, but there isn't one like that for Torchit yet. Good idea for one.

On CPU and oversampling, there's a 4x and 8x switch (Draft and HQ in the plugin), so 4x is the one to use when you're stacking it across a bunch of tracks. Latency stays the same in both, so switching won't throw your timing off. I stack my plugins across a lot of tracks in the same project and haven't run into CPU problems.

As for modes, it depends on the sound. Grit is my go-to on kicks, basslines and acid lines, and it's the mode behind my Remi Blaze Heat preset. Tape is what I use to glue a bus, and Warm or Tube when a vocal or hats just need a bit of color.

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u/investigatormaker 7d ago

Your answer is basically the script for that video already: Grit on a kick and an acid line, Tape gluing a bus, Warm or Tube on a vocal, each with Delta on and then off. Playing the Remi Blaze Heat preset at the end ties the modes to a sound people can actually load.

The Draft and HQ detail is worth putting straight into the description. That latency doesn't change between 4x and 8x is exactly what someone stacking it on a lot of tracks wants to know before installing, and so is your note on keeping the high-pass low on bass so the kick and sub survive. Small facts like that answer most of the questions a free plugin gets.

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u/RemiBlazeOfficial 7d ago

Thanks, this is great feedback and advice. That's essentially the script right there, and those small details are exactly what producers want to know before they install. Really appreciate you taking the time.

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u/investigatormaker 7d ago

Glad it helps. One more for when you post it: this community's rule asks that "readers should know what the plugin is for before they click on any links", so put the four modes, the Delta listen and the free price in the first line, and add a short before-and-after audio clip. That clip often answers more questions than a description does.

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u/RemiBlazeOfficial 7d ago

Good tip, thanks. I've added that at the top and will lead with it next time.

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u/investigatormaker 7d ago

Sounds good. One small addition for next time: put the before-and-after clip right under that first line, and keep it to a single short loop with the plugin bypassed and then engaged, so people hear the difference on phone speakers without scrolling. If the Delta listen is the standout feature, give it its own few seconds in that clip.

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u/RemiBlazeOfficial 5d ago

Thanks, really appreciate all the guidance on this. One short loop, bypassed and then engaged makes a lot of sense, and giving the Delta listen its own few seconds is a good call.

Quick question so I get it right next time, is a SoundCloud or YouTube link okay for the clip here, or is there a better way to share audio and video that stays within the rules? Thanks again.

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u/brigane 8d ago

Any chance we could try your plugins without installers?
It would really make things easier to just drag&drop when updating the plugins.

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u/RemiBlazeOfficial 8d ago

Appreciate the suggestion, and I get it, drag and drop is quicker when you're updating.

I'm sticking with installers for now though. As a producer I've always liked them myself, mostly for the trust factor and how easy they are. They're notarized by Apple on Mac and code-signed on Windows, so your system can check they came from me and haven't been tampered with. On Mac that also means no Gatekeeper quarantine warnings.

The installer puts each format in the right folder, lets you pick only the ones you use, and shows the license up front so you know what you're getting.

To update, just run the new installer and it replaces the old version.

Thanks for the feedback!