Every once in a while, a plugin comes along that feels less like another flavor of the same old tools and more like a new way of thinking. That’s exactly what Phantomix, the latest collaboration between United Plugins and Muramasa Audio, is gunning for.

Forget compression-as-usual — Phantomix doesn’t just tame your transients, it recycles them into fresh sonic fuel.

The Big Idea

At the heart of Phantomix is something United’s calling the Dynamic Splitter. Instead of crushing dynamics and throwing away the detail, the plugin splits out the transient and subtle parts of a signal and gives you independent control of each. The upshot? You can process just the hits, just the tails, or both in completely different ways without muddying the mix or introducing artifacts.

As United puts it: “What if we didn’t have to throw anything away?” Phantomix answers that question with a grin — it turns lost dynamics into a creative playground.

Phantomix

What You Can Do

  • Reverb & Delay without the soup – apply ambience only to transients or subtle parts, keeping things clear and punchy.
  • Saturation where it counts – hit just the peaks with grit, distortion, or limiting while leaving the body of the sound pristine.
  • Shape dynamics in new ways – compress only the transients, gate the quieter parts to bring them forward, or use the dedicated Transient module for sculpting that was previously impossible.
  • Movement & Modulation – chorus, flanger, phaser, and tremolo effects, all assignable separately to the “loud” or “quiet” parts of your signal.
  • Surgical EQ & Filters – fix only the messy bits of the signal without neutering the tone.

Why It Matters

The real magic here isn’t just in the effect list — it’s in the philosophy. Phantomix doesn’t treat compression as damage control; it treats dynamics as raw material. The result is a workflow where every subtlety in your performance can be exaggerated, repurposed, or transformed into something useful.

The Bottom Line

Phantomix isn’t trying to replace your go-to compressor — it’s trying to make you rethink what dynamic control even means. For producers who’ve ever wished they could keep the “thrown away” bits of their mix and do something interesting with them, Muramasa and United Plugins have built a tool that finally lets you.

Phantomix is compatible with the majority of VST/AAX/AU DAWs on both PC and Mac. Its regular price is €79, but for a limited time, you can get it for the special intro price of €19 until the 10th of October.

For more information please visit: www.unitedplugins.com/Phantomix