Phantom v1.5.2: Improved Measurements and Other Things
Some sweet new improvements
FadeLabs Team - August 21, 2026 Articles
Guides, deep dives, and updates from the team building Phantom.
RSS FadeLabs Team - August 21, 2026 Phantom v1.5.0: Live Metrics, Tunable Analysis, and a Lighter Install
A 20th tool that reads your meters while you listen, 40 environment variables for tuning the analysis, and stem separation split into its own package so the core install stays small.
FadeLabs Team - August 16, 2026 Phantom v1.3.1: Locking Down File Access
A security release. Output paths are now confined by default, decode bombs are capped, and a symlink race in file loading is closed. Six advisories, no new features.
FadeLabs Team - June 1, 2026 Phantom v1.3.0: The Skills Get Opinions
All five domain expert skills rewritten with real decision trees, conflict resolution, and verification criteria. No new tools -- this release is about how Claude thinks with the ones it has.
FadeLabs Team - May 20, 2026 Phantom v1.2.4: Faster, More Reliable Under the Hood
Thread-safe caching, FFT sharing, polyphase resampling, and a full CI pipeline. Phantom gets significantly faster on real sessions with lots of stems.
FadeLabs Team - May 14, 2026 Audio Analysis for Mixing
A complete guide to audio analysis tools for mixing and mastering. Covers loudness, dynamics, spectral analysis, stereo and phase measurement, and problem detection, with links to each Phantom tool.
FadeLabs Team - May 13, 2026 EBU R128 Loudness Explained for Mixing Engineers
What EBU R128 means in practice: LUFS targets for Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube, how loudness normalization works, and how to check your mix before mastering.
FadeLabs Team - May 13, 2026 Frequency Masking in Mixing: How to Find and Fix It
Frequency masking is the main reason mixes sound muddy or unclear. Learn what it is, why it happens, and how to use Phantom's masking analysis tools to locate and fix frequency overlap in your mix.
FadeLabs Team - May 13, 2026 Phantom v1.2.3: Now on the Anthropic Plugin Marketplace
Phantom is listed on the Anthropic Plugin Marketplace. Two new processing tools, hardened security across all 19 tools, and a leaner codebase.
FadeLabs Team - May 13, 2026 Phantom v1.2.2: Locking Down the Development Process
No new tools, no new features. Just the unglamorous work that separates a tool you can trust from one you cannot: pre-commit hooks, secret scanning, and CI hardening.
FadeLabs Team - May 9, 2026 Phantom v1.2.1: One-Line Install
A small release with one goal: make getting started as frictionless as possible. Plus transparent telemetry and contact info updates.
FadeLabs Team - May 7, 2026 Phantom v1.2.0: One Command to Get Running
phantom setup handles MCP config, plugin install, and Reaper bridge in one shot. Plus a pile of reliability fixes from early user feedback.
FadeLabs Team - May 5, 2026 Phantom v1.1.0: First Release
Phantom is ready. 17 analysis tools, 5 domain expert skills, genre reference profiles, and Reaper integration. Everything we needed in our own sessions, packaged up and shipped.
FadeLabs Team - May 2, 2026