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How to Improve Techno Rumble Kicks With Little AlterBoy

I just found this really cool trick for techno rumble kicks, with Little AlterBoy on the reverb channel.

My notes from this Short

01

Formant shift the rumble down

I have my kick with a 100% reverb channel as well. I muffled the highs and automated the lows so it opens up, but I feel like the rumble is just too high.

So I add Little AlterBoy and formant shift this whole thing down. I found it works best if you add it after you've muffled everything.

Little AlterBoy on the rumble reverb channel of a techno kick: the formant knob turned down to -10.4, pitch at 0.0, Transpose mode
The formant down to -10.4, after the reverb is muffled.
02

An EQ after it to bring back the lows

Now I add an EQ to boost the lows a little bit and get a little bit more character again. If I add and remove Little AlterBoy, you can see the rumble move to the left in the EQ.

You can also change the EQ in front of Little AlterBoy.

What I use in this video

Little AlterBoy·FL Studio

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