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Originally posted by Andy28 Yes I'll give you that ryan I do agree, shame its the same thing played over and over for 5 mins.

It's super brittle. How about a mid layer somewhere?

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Originally posted by DJRYAN™ Sorry again. I guess that didn't come out being nice, and I try to be a nice guy. What I meant to say was most of my synths had the harsh sound too until I figured out that layering synths covering a variety of different frequencies provided not only the fullness I was looking for, but also eliminated a lot of that harsh tones I was hearing. Take this song as an example. Virtual Reality (Original Mix) by DJRYAN™ Now I know its not the best example. The entire song is revealed within the first few seconds. Which, I know, is kinda fubar'd but, regardless, my concentration was (like yours) to eliminate the harshness that I was hearing through a lot of my (trance) tracks. In order to solve the problem. I created three different synths covering three different channels within my mixer. I tuned not only the key of which notes were being played e.g: E3, E2, E4, but also each oscilators octave. That cleaned it up pretty nicely. But then I went back in and also eq'd all three tracks as well as played them independently of the bass and drums while cleaning up frequencies and some more of those harsh tones. Then I played all three with the bass, and finally with the drums making sure that everything fit nicely. Now keep in mind, I'm no expert, but I did think this was a huge leap compared to other tracks I've created in the past. I hope this helps.

I've taken a liking to that melody!

Also the comment about moving notes up and down octaves is very interesting - I've recently been experimenting with that and found it works wonders!