Catherine Anne Davies: is Still The Anchoress
In issue #149 of Tape Op , I was lucky enough to interview Catherine Anne Davies about her musical career as The Anchoress. We've kept in touch a little bit since, and when her new album, As We...
Low-end Balance Processor. Sub, Punch, and Transient Control.
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Speaker Breaker watches the spectral balance of your signal in real time and automatically corrects when the low-frequency bands dominate. Not gain reduction. Not a limiter. A constant read on whether your sub, kick, and bass are pulling things out of balance - and a correction that pulls them back, transparently. Use it on individual tracks, a drum or bass bus, the 2-bus, or the master chain.
Hear it on your mix.
Drop it on your drum bus or your 2-bus. Hear what happens when the low end stops running the mix - before you spend a dollar.
Try Speaker Breaker FreeNo account required - we send the link to your email. Silences briefly every 30 seconds in demo mode.
Core Feature
Speaker Breaker analyzes five frequency bands relative to the overall signal level - not relative to a fixed threshold. When a band climbs too close to the full-band level, the processor applies a peak correction at that frequency. The result is a mix that translates cleanly across playback systems without the low end running away.
Control
The Contour switch sets how aggressively each band is monitored. Warm gives the low end more room to breathe before correction kicks in. Neutral hits the center position most mixes need. Open pulls in earlier, keeping the bottom cleaner for dense productions. The Blend knob runs the entire correction chain in parallel - anywhere from a hint to full effect.
Metering
Dual analog-style VU meters give you a real-time read of input and output level with proper ballistics. When Speaker Breaker is actively correcting a band, the pilot light engages - a direct visual confirmation that the processor caught something and acted. You see exactly when the spectral balance is being brought back into line.
Hear It In Action
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Install on up to three machines simultaneously. Need to move a license? Email us.
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VST3 (64-bit) - Windows, macOS, Linux
AU (64-bit) - macOS only
Windows 10 / 11
macOS 11 Big Sur or later (Apple Silicon + Intel)
Linux - Ubuntu 22.04+ or equivalent
Any VST3-compatible host: Reaper, Cubase, Studio One, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Bitwig Studio, Nuendo, and more
AU (macOS): Logic Pro, GarageBand, MainStage
Perpetual, single user
3 simultaneous activations
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SHA-256 (mmedia-speaker-breaker-v1.0.3.zip): 7210b5e4b3cc4b5fbca1292ffb93df609fc05417b290986b358885b0596d1b3c
Tested on Ubuntu 22.04/24.04, Debian 12, Fedora 40. Requires one system library for license verification:
sudo apt install libsodium23 # Ubuntu / Debian sudo dnf install libsodium # Fedora / RHEL sudo pacman -S libsodium # Arch
VST3 only. Confirmed working in REAPER and Bitwig.
Perpetual license - pay once, own it forever.
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