Kansas
Mid compression from the first second
Kansas sits at 600 Hz. At rest it lifts the area; on every snare and tom hit it pushes it down. The kit body breathes and the cymbals do not move.
Overhead channel · VST3 · AU
Visioääni OverheadCoast to coast.
The overhead channel for the big American rock sound. The overheads stay a picture of the whole kit, with the body kept in and the harsh cymbal edges taken down only when they appear.
The default EQ is a map from west to east: a 35 Hz West Coast high-pass, the Rockies, Kansas, the Mississippi, the Blue Ridge and a 17 kHz East Coast low-pass.
What it does
Mississippi
Clang out, level kept
A −8.3 dB channel at 2.4 kHz and a −2.9 dB valley at 1.3 kHz, level-matched so the cut never costs volume. Bend moves both by up to an octave.
Harsh
Dynamic, not a fixed cut
Harsh at 3.5 kHz and Wash at 8 kHz cut only while the cymbals get harsh or washy, so the air stays on the quiet passages.
Sync
Overheads in phase with the snare
On a real session the overheads were 3.1 ms late (about 1.1 m) and reversed. Sync moved and flipped them, and the summed transient peak rose from −4.4 to −2.1 dBFS.
Controls
The front panel, left to right and top to bottom. Every control reads 0–10. DEEP adds: EQ Fine, Kansas Fine, Glue Fine, Stereo, Grit, Sat TX, Center, Sync.
| Module | Controls | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| In | Input | Input trim. |
| Coast | West Coast · East Coast | 35 Hz high-pass and 17 kHz low-pass. Steep makes the high-pass 24 dB/oct for cymbals-only overheads. |
| Rockies | Rockies · Comp | Wide 200 Hz bump that dips on hits. |
| Kansas | Kansas · Lift | 600 Hz compression amount and resting level. |
| Mississippi | Mississippi · Valley | Level-matched cuts at 2.4 kHz and 1.3 kHz. |
| Blue Ridge | Blue Ridge · Air | Stick at 5.3 kHz and an air shelf from 10 kHz. |
| Harsh | Harsh · Wash | Dynamic cuts at 3.5 kHz and 8 kHz. |
| Glue | Glue | Slow-attack kit compression. |
| Duck | Duck | Dips the cymbals on snare and kick hits, no sidechain routing. |
| Hit | Hit | Transient shaping for the whole kit. |
| America | America | The last tonal stage. |
| Out | Level · Ceiling · Mix | Look-ahead limiter and dry/wet. |
Measured
The default EQ, read from a reference curve and mapped west to east.
| Module | What | Default |
|---|---|---|
| West Coast | High-pass 12 dB/oct | 35 Hz |
| Rockies | Wide bump at 200 Hz, dips on hits | +1.7 dB / 4 dB |
| Kansas | 600 Hz compression and lift | 6 / +2.8 dB |
| Mississippi | Channel at 2.4 kHz, valley at 1.3 kHz | −8.3 / −2.9 dB |
| Blue Ridge | Stick at 5.3 kHz, air shelf at 10 kHz | +4.2 / +2.5 dB |
| East Coast | Low-pass 24 dB/oct | 17 kHz |
Specifications
- Formats
- VST3 (Windows, macOS) · AU (macOS)
- Systems
- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit · macOS 11 or later, Apple silicon and Intel
- Sample rates
- 44.1 to 192 kHz
- Latency
- 1840 samples (38.3 ms at 48 kHz), fixed, reported to the host
- CPU
- 3.4 % of one core per instance at 48 kHz
- Version
- 1.4.0
Questions about Overhead
I want cymbals only in my overheads. Can I do that?
Yes. Raise West Coast and turn on Steep in DEEP for a 24 dB/oct high-pass at 400–500 Hz, the modern metal approach. The default keeps the whole kit in the picture.
Do I still need the Hihat + Cymbal plugin?
Use Overhead on the overhead pair and Hihat + Cymbal on hi-hat and cymbal close mics. Hihat + Cymbal is also the Satellite sender.
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