Chakra. Analog audio amplifier.
Trusted by GRAMMY Award-winning engineers. Chakra is a multi-engine analog tone masterer: saturator + passive mastering EQ, shaping mids/sides across the spectrum for depth, clarity, and rich timbre – easy to customize.
Chakra? Chakra is an analog amplifier built around a multi-stage harmonic engine and a smooth, musical tonal curve. It combines three harmonic colors: a tube-like warmth with rich even harmonics, a cantilevered density and midrange focus with balanced odd/even content, and a Germanic, airy ambience with delicate upper harmonics.
Use it on individual tracks for quick analog color or on the master bus as a mastering parallel EQ and saturator. The Chakra knob combines a harmonic engine with a wide analog EQ, and the balance can be fine-tuned using the BASS, MID, Tone EQ, and Mix knobs.
Want pure saturation without changing the curve? Keep the Chakra knob at 0 and adjust the THD; the tone remains virtually the same, but the harmonic content increases. Easy to adjust, very musical, and flexible enough to work on every track or the final mix.
Typical use: mix bus/mastering
1) Place it in the chain
- Put the Chakra on the mix bus before the limiter
- Keep your usual EQ + compressor, the Chakra adds harmonics and a wide timbre, does not replace the main processors
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2) Start with the default state
- Load Chakra and save default settings:
- Mix: 100%
- Chakra: 0
- Tonal EQ: Center
- THD: Minimum
- BASS: ON
- MID: ON
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3) Find the optimal location using the chakra handle
- Play the full mix and gradually increase the chakra
- A good starting range is 15-20% for added glue, weight, and openness while still keeping it natural
- If it feels better than bypassing without sounding like an effect, this is your main mode
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4) Match the tone with the equalizer
- Match levels and compare to references
- Use a tonal EQ:
- Slightly to the right = more openness and air
- Slightly to the left = warmer, rounder mix
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5) Fine-tune the contour
- If the low frequencies increase too much when raising the chakra, turn off the BASS
- If you want the mids to be more direct and even, turn off MID OFF
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6) Add density and drive
- Increase THD to enhance lamp/console/LED harmonics
- THD works even with chakra at 0, so you can add harmonics without changing the curve
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7) Parallel main sweetener (optional, powerful)
- Load Chakra + THD a little more
- Use Delta mode (press OUT) to hear exactly what Chakra is adding
- Turn Delta off, then reduce Mix from 100% until the master sounds natural again
The result: an intensely processed interior, mixed as you please or boldly, perfect as a master sweetener.
