Computer Music

Pull the Switch – Jansons dissects one of last year’s biggest tracks

On the kick

“Here I’ve used a solid kick and layered it up with another one that is a bit more saturated,” Jansons reveals. “I use Fabfilter Saturn, a multiband distortion plugin, and I’ve boosted the second kick [with this] in the mids to give it a little more bite. Put them together and it just has a bit more of a ‘knock’ on the top of it. On the kick, I love the EQ FG-A from Slate Digital. I’ve really just boosted it a bit at 40Hz and on the upper mids as well. It just helps give that bit extra punch. My go-to EQ is the

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