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How to Finish Techno Kicks With a Soft Clipper and an Inflator

If you want your kicks to be powerful, right in your face and cutting through the mix with a lot of body, always add this at the end of your kicks.

Jim
Jim, Teknovault
24 May 2023 · Short 0:42

My notes from this Short

01

A clipper and inflator at the end of every kick

I always add this at the end of my kicks. First find a soft clipper, and then get an inflator. Open the effect of the inflator, open the soft clipper and squash the post gain until it starts clipping. If it doesn't clip, add another soft clipper and clip it a little bit more.

Oxford Inflator Native at the end of a techno kick chain in FL Studio: the effect slider at 100% and the curve at 0.0
The effect on the inflator, all the way up to 100%.
02

Nice clipping instead of going over

What happens now is that you squash your kick against zero dB, and instead of going over it you get a little bit of nice clipping. That adds so much power to your kick.

What I use in this video

Sonnox Oxford Inflator·FL Studio

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