Scorchit — Formant-Linked Saturator (macOS AU/VST3)

Scorchit combines saturation with formant shifting. Push the drive harder and the vocal character transforms — deeper or chirpier — without changing the pitch. Drop in a sample and its amplitude envelope modulates the drive, creating rhythmic saturation synced to any pattern.Saturation• Drive from clean to fully cooked• Four modes: Warm (tanh soft clip), Grit (asymmetric hard clip), Tape (HF rolloff), Tube (2nd harmonic emphasis)• Post-saturation tilt EQ for tone shapingFormant• Character shifts five parallel resonant formant filters up or down• Formant Link sets how much drive controls the character — one knob transforms both saturation and vocal identity• Adjustable resonance and formant mixEnvelope Modulation• Drag-and-drop a kick loop, vocal chop or any audio file• Its amplitude envelope drives the saturation amount in real time• Independent attack, release and invert controlsWorkflow• Link Lock moves Drive and Character together in one gesture• Character Flip inverts formant direction instantly• Auto Gain compensates volume changes as you push harder• A/B compare, one-click Randomize, .preset save/load11 factory presets including Vocal Warmth, Deep Voice, Chipmunk Grit, Pumping Saturation and Robotic.AU, VST3 and Standalone — Universal Binary (Apple Silicon + Intel), code-signed and notarized by Apple so it installs cleanly on macOS.Requires macOS 15.0 or later. Requires a 64-bit AU or VST3 host.