If you mixed and mastered something at home and excited as a kid on Christmas-eve patiently waiting
for the DJ to drop it in the club and when he finally does, with the volume cranked up to 11, it sound
like someone hitting a hammer on a anvil and you see people with bleeding ears everywhere, then you
might need Fletchy-Muncher.

How and why it works:
Fletcher and Munson measured the human ears frequency response on different levels and created an
average curve from a test with many subjects. They concluded, roughly speaking, that the mid range
is more prominent at lower levels and the response flattens out at higher levels. At low monitoring
levels you will hear the mids clearly but you will miss the high and low-end. That’s why we often
see a smile curve on EQ’s and if you listen to a bedroom produced track they almost always have too
much low-end and are slightly too bright. All that excessive low- and high-end mask the mid area and
when you get rid of that excessive high and low-end you have a mid sharp as a knife. Fletchy-Muncher
exaggerate our frequency response and make us aware of the mids even in a badly balanced mix.

How to use:
Put it last in your chain and slowly start to move the knob against the ‘Default’ position. A good balanced
mix/master should survive all the way to ‘Default’ with just a little increase in harshness. If you find
your mix too harsh halfway through you’ll have to go back to the mix/master and use EQ, MB compression
or other tools to soften it a bit. Remember to put the plugin at ‘Flat’, bypass it or remove it before bounce
your new mix/master.

Warning:
You only need this if your mixes/masters are too harsh when played elsewhere than in your studio. If that’s
not the case, this method might cause more damage than good to your tracks.

The plug-in is available FREE to download for Windows (VST)



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