Articles

Guides, deep dives, and updates from the team building Phantom.

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

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