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The Fallen By David Baldacci May 2026

by Nicky Romero & Cableguys
by Nicky Romero & Cableguys
Kickstart 2 Screenshot

This plugin is life-changing. I’ve told Nicky it would be awesome to make the bass & duck communicate, and he’s done it! Just by moving the slope, I have a perfect sidechain for my kick.

The Fallen by David Baldacci
David Guetta

Mixing in 2022 is more important than ever, especially for dance floor tracks. The kick is the most important element in most dance tracks and it really needs a proper place in your mix. This new version gives more hands on tools to shape the place of your kick in the mix, to make sure it has the perfect impact on the dance floor! Essential!

The Fallen by David Baldacci
Armin van Buuren

A sidechain tool I've been looking for my whole life. Thank you Nicky for letting me help during the development of the plugin. It's a must have tool!

The Fallen by David Baldacci
Hardwell

An already powerful tool just got even better. Kickstart 2 comes with insane flexibility and awaited new features. The perfect side-chain pump plug-in just arrived… and she’s gorgeous.

The Fallen by David Baldacci
Albin Nedler (Worked with Martin Garrix, Sam Smith, Selena Gomez & many more)

This plugin is life-changing. I’ve told Nicky it would be awesome to make the bass & duck communicate, and he’s done it! Just by moving the slope, I have a perfect sidechain for my kick.

The Fallen by David Baldacci
David Guetta

Mixing in 2022 is more important than ever, especially for dance floor tracks. This new version gives more hands on tools to shape the place of your kick in the mix, to make sure it has the perfect impact on the dance floor! Essential!

The Fallen by David Baldacci
Armin van Buuren

A sidechain tool I've been looking for my whole life. Thank you Nicky for letting me help during the development of the plugin. It's a must have tool!

The Fallen by David Baldacci
Hardwell

An already powerful tool just got even better. Kickstart 2 comes with insane flexibility and awaited new features. The perfect side-chain pump plug-in just arrived… and she’s gorgeous.

The Fallen by David Baldacci
Albin Nedler

What is Kickstart 2?

Kickstart 2 instantly solves the problem of clashing, muddled kick and bass.

Forget fiddling about with compressors – Nicky Romero and Cableguys put everything you need for professional sidechaining into one fast, easy plugin. Just drop Kickstart on any track to instantly duck the volume with each kick drum, creating space for your bass.

Now your kick and bass will punch right through the speakers with professional impact, definition and groove. Use it for EDM, trap, house, hip-hop, techno, DnB – anything.

What is Kickstart 2?

Kickstart 2 instantly solves the problem of clashing, muddled kick and bass.

Forget fiddling about with compressors – Nicky Romero and Cableguys put everything you need for professional sidechaining into one fast, easy plugin. Just drop Kickstart on any track to instantly duck the volume with each kick drum, creating space for your bass.

Now your kick and bass will punch right through the speakers with professional impact, definition and groove. Use it for EDM, trap, house, hip-hop, techno, DnB – anything. The Fallen by David Baldacci

The Fallen by David Baldacci

Kickstart 2 — Introduction with Nicky Romero

Kickstart 2 — An introduction

The Fallen by David Baldacci

The Fallen By David Baldacci May 2026

Any DAW, any genre

Use Kickstart in any DAW, for any style of music. EDM, trap, house, hip-hop, techno, DnB, and beyond

Any DAW, any genre

Instant setup

Add Kickstart – instantly get sidechain ducking, with no setup

Instant setup

16 hand-crafted curves

The exact curves Nicky Romero uses to get tracks sounding massive in the club In The Fallen , Decker and his partner,

16 hand-crafted curves

Big Mix knob

Easily adjust the strength of the sidechain effect to fit any mix

Big Mix knob

Fits any kick NEW!

Forget complex editing tools – just drag the curve to fit any kick, long or short

Fits any kick

Follows any rhythm NEW!

Kick not 4/4? No problem – Kickstart follows any kick pattern with new Cableguys audio triggering Uncovering the Shadows: A Deep Dive into "The

Follows any rhythm

Multiband sidechain NEW!

Easily duck only the lows of your bassline – the pros’ secret trick for tight bass with full frequencies

Multiband sidechain

Visual kick view NEW!

See kick and bass waveforms on the same display – get your lows locked tight like never before

Visual kick view

The Fallen By David Baldacci May 2026

In The Fallen , Decker and his partner, Alex Jamison, travel to Baronville, Pennsylvania, for what is intended to be a relaxing visit with Jamison’s sister and her family. However, Baronville is far from idyllic. A dying Rust Belt town crippled by a crumbling economy and a rampant opioid epidemic, it serves as a bleak backdrop for a series of bizarre crimes.

Uncovering the Shadows: A Deep Dive into "The Fallen" by David Baldacci

For those new to the series, Amos Decker is unlike any other detective in fiction. A former NFL player turned FBI consultant, Decker suffers from two rare conditions resulting from a career-ending head injury: (he can never forget anything) and synesthesia (he perceives things like death as the color electric blue). While these traits make him a formidable investigator, they also act as a curse, forcing him to live with the vivid, unchanging memories of his family’s tragic murder. A Town on the Brink

The "vacation" ends abruptly when Decker witnesses flickering lights in a nearby house and discovers two bodies inside—a double homicide that is only the beginning of a much larger, sinister scheme involving insurance fraud and systemic corruption. Why You Should Read It David Baldacci's books in order: a complete guide

If you’re a fan of gritty, high-stakes thrillers that keep you guessing until the final page, David Baldacci’s is likely already on your radar. As the fourth installment in the widely popular Memory Man series , this novel takes protagonist Amos Decker into one of his most personal and perplexing cases yet. The Man Who Can't Forget