Drums Channel Strip. Tight, punchy drums from the first song.
Drums Channel Strip - by Harmovant AudioGate, console EQ, transient shaper, compressor and a 12-band dynamic EQ, in the order you choose. One insert for every close mic and for the drum bus, with zero latency in LIVE mode.
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Less plugin juggling. More time on the mix.
One insert instead of five
Gate, EQ, transient, compressor and dynamic EQ in the same window. Fewer plugins to load, route and manage on every drum channel.
A head start in a short soundcheck
Presets for every position (kick, snare, toms, hi-hat, overheads, room and bus) put you close to the sound in seconds. Then you fine-tune.
Zero latency where it matters
In LIVE mode every drum mic stays in time with the rest of the kit, the band and the PA.
Five modules, in any order
Gate
Threshold, range, ratio, knee, hold and hysteresis, sidechain filters, external key and listen. Clean openings, even close to the threshold.
Console
Input, high and low-pass filters, a 4-band console EQ with two characters (Brown and Black) and subtle harmonic colour.
Transient
CLASSIC (attack and sustain) or SMACK (sensitivity, duration and three attack shapes), with mix and an output guard.
Compressor
Two models: 160 (classic VCA, hard knee, program-dependent attack) and XT (fixed threshold, 8 ratio characters, clean or driven).
Dynamic EQ
12 bands, static, dynamic or spectral, with the analyser behind them. Zero latency.
Output
Global mix, auto gain, click-free polarity flip and output, plus A/B and undo.
Built for the pressure of a show
LIVE or HQ
LIVE runs at zero latency. HQ adds a short gate lookahead, reported to the host. Switching while playing is safe.
Opens flat
A new instance is transparent: you start from your mic, not from someone else's sound.
Tested hard
Every preset at 44.1 to 192 kHz, buffers from 1 to 4096 samples, automation stress and mono: zero failures.
Runs on any AU or VST3 host and was built side by side with Live Rack, the Harmovant live plugin console. Live Rack →
12 presets
- Kick In - Punch & Click
- Kick Out - Deep Thump
- Snare Top - Crack
- Snare Bottom - Wires
- Toms - Gated Boom
- Floor Tom - Big
- Hi-Hat - Clean & Bright
- Overheads - Wide Cymbals
- Room - Smashed
- Drum Bus - Glue (160)
- Drum Bus - Aggressive (XT)
- Live - Safe Kit Channel
What you need
Buy it once or get every plugin with Stage Pass
- Yours forever: it keeps working even if you never renew
- 1 year of updates included; then US$ 4.90/year, optional
- 2 Macs at the same time
- 14-day free trial
Every Harmovant plugin, today and every new release, with all updates: US$ 19.90/month or US$ 12.90/month on the annual plan.
All 4 plugins bought one by one: US$ 199.60. Stage Pass on the annual plan: US$ 154.80/year, with every update and every new plugin included.
About Stage Pass →Frequently asked questions
When can I buy it?
Sales open together with Harmovant Audio Hub. We do not have a date yet: leave your e-mail on this page and you will be the first to know.
What happens if I do not renew updates?
Nothing stops: the plugin keeps working forever on the last version released during your updates year. Renewing (US$ 4.90/year, optional) only unlocks the newer versions.
Does it cut the audio if the license has a problem during a show?
Never in the middle of a show. Licenses are checked without internet, and any action waits for a safe moment, with clear warnings days before.
Buy the plugin or get Stage Pass?
Buy it if you want one or two plugins for good. Stage Pass is better if you want all of them, plus every new Harmovant plugin as soon as it comes out.
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