You know that deep, pounding techno kick and bassline that makes you want to pull an all-nighter at an industrial rave in an abandoned warehouse? The boomy, rumbling techno kick that you can’t help but dance to?
Today, he kindly decided to share his secret of the rumbling techno kick with us
Step 1: Duplicate the kick track.
![](https://itbblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-26-at-11.56.51-1024x533.png)
Step 2: Distort the bass drum before the reverb
![](https://itbblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-26-at-11.56.58-1024x483.png)
Step 3: On the duplicated track, insert 100% wet reverb
![](https://itbblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-26-at-11.57.06-1024x893.png)
Step 4 : Apply side-chain pumping on the duplicated track
![](https://itbblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-26-at-11.57.13-1024x735.png)