Transparent mastering. It measures first, and says why. $49 · Standalone app and VST3/AU on macOS · Standalone app and VST3 on Windows.
Mastering you can trust, because it shows you why. Load your track and MIHENK measures it first: peaks, loudness, spectrum and phase. Then it lists what it found, every finding with the measurement behind it, and masters to the loudness target you pick. Leave CHARACTER on OFF and it sets only level and ceiling; choose GENTLE or FULL when you want it to do more. One product: the same engine runs as a standalone app and inside your DAW.
Load a track: meters show its peak straight away, and the diagnosis lists what it found.
The full chain with live layered views.
On load MIHENK lists findings with a severity and a measured reason, for example an input that arrives hotter than a mastering-ready level. CHARACTER decides what is done about them: OFF (the default) sets level and ceiling only, GENTLE adds a little glue and air, FULL applies EQ and compression from the diagnosis.
Off by default. When you switch it on, MIHENK learns your taste from your listening notes and can propose, and lock, the settings you keep choosing. It is local, explainable and resettable.
Measure first, then decide. Every number on the panel is measured from your file, and every move MIHENK makes says why.
Drop a file, or press LEARN in your DAW and play the song once. MIHENK analyses it in one pass, and the status lines say in plain words what it found and what it will do: here a mix at −9.0 LUFS, turned down 5.0 dB to reach −14.
Integrated, short-term and momentary loudness, loudness range, true peak (4× oversampled), sample peak, RMS, crest and correlation, for the input and the output. Loudness follows ITU-R BS.1770-4 and EBU Tech 3341/3342.
Each finding carries the measurement behind it (too hot with no headroom, DC offset, an over-compressed mix, codec clipping risk). CHARACTER FULL applies EQ and compression from the diagnosis; OFF and GENTLE stay minimal.
STREAM −14, APPLE −16, CLUB −8, KEEP INPUT or your own number. The target is reached within ±0.2 LU by trim and a true-peak limiter, and the status says what the ceiling costs in dB.
DRIVE is solved for the target, CEILING sets the true-peak limit, and the limiter reports its gain reduction and how much of the time it works. BYPASS is an instant comparison at matched loudness, with no re-render.
The ADVANCED face opens the full chain: input, linear- or minimum-phase EQ with dynamic bands, a glue or 3-band compressor with Linkwitz-Riley crossovers, stereo and low-end tools, and a look-ahead true-peak limiter. Anything you change over the plan is marked and can be cleared.
Drop a master you like. Its spectrum is drawn in gold next to yours, and MATCH TO REFERENCE matches tone and loudness in one step.
Drop a folder and keep working: songs are mastered one by one in the background, with the same settings for all, per track, or album-relative so they sit together. A CSV and JSON report lists every result.
$49. Updates appear on your Account page; the version you have keeps working forever.
macOS 11 or later · Windows, 64-bit · Standalone app, VST3 and AU on macOS; standalone app and VST3 on Windows · One licence, your own computers, personal and commercial use · Paid through Lemon Squeezy in US dollars; refunds: subverselab.com/refunds
Sold through Lemon Squeezy. After you pay, sign in with the e-mail you paid with: the download appears on this page and on your Account page, with your licence key. Install and open it in your DAW. Your licence key is on your Account page; the current versions do not ask for it.