John Hanes
GRAMMY and TEC Award-winning engineer, mixing and Atmos mix specialist, with 16 GRAMMY Awards. Credits include Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, and Mark Ronson.
I’ve tried out Chakra on a couple of songs. It is very nice. I’ve used it on individual tracks where I tend to push it very hard, and on the master bus where it gives a nice width and bottom support.
Greg Wells
Grammy-winning producer and mix engineer (Adele, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Celine Dion, OneRepublic, Twenty One Pilots, Quincy Jones)
It sounds cool! I like it on individual instruments.
Fabrice Dupont
Fabrice “Fab” Dupont is a Grammy-nominated, New York-based producer and mix/master engineer, owner of FLUX Studios (NYC) and co-founder of pureMix. Credits include Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, André 3000, Mark Ronson.
Chakra is my new subtle-but-powerful secret sauce for drum buss
Alberto De Icaza
Grammy- and Emmy-nominated mixing and mastering engineer (Robert Glasper, Megan Thee Stallion, Ne-Yo, King Crimson, High on Fire, Billy Ray Cyrus)
I’ve been playing with Chakra for a week and change now. To my ears it beefs up the sub, adds harmonic content in the high mids and highs but nothing harsh. It sounds best mixing through it as opposed to just slapping it on the master towards the end. Especially if the song needs to be opened up a bit, it’s perfect for giving it a nice sheen.
Mike Senior
World-renowned mixing engineer, educator, and author of the bestseller Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio. Long-time Sound On Sound contributor and creator of the “Mix Rescue” series. Founder of Cambridge-MT.com.
It’s particularly good at making things sound subtly more ‘forward’, as well as pulling up sustain/detail components, and often seems to add a subtle sense of width/air too. I like the tonal options, but also that all the results are subtle enough to be musically useful.
ALOSA
Electronic music artist and producer, 800,000+ monthly listeners on Spotify
It does exactly the kind of magic I usually miss in my mixes. Chakra adds brightness as a smooth, musical layer rather than harsh overdrive, and it instantly gives the track that polished, professional sheen. It literally lives on every Logic project for me now.
Pavel Khvaleev / PARAFRAME
Frankfurt-based audiovisual artist, producer and composer.
Amazing! I added it to my project from the very first seconds of testing on almost every synth! It adds warmth and character, I especially liked it on Serum, the sound immediately began to breathe.