Such a warmlooking person . <| sep |> Looks fucking unreal <| sep |> I usually end up with 60100 ish because I like to add little tidbits here and there that aren ' t even that audible , but they add some subtle detail like drumloops in the drop that are really low but when you AB with and without they create just that little extra movement so the track doesn ' t sound so static . Other than that , I only automate when I have to , if it doesn ' t have to be this one cohesive thing like a filter sweep , but for example an LFO going from 18 to 112 or whatever , I much prefer just duplicating the track and make the adjustments on the dupe rather than to automate . For the rest of the stuff that isn ' t a core part of the track , I end up with a lot of channels just because I love making FX out of my synths , that single pad layer can quickly become 3 or 4 if I wanna turn it into an FX , reverse reverb padchoppy tremolo paddelay pad etcThen there ' s layering which is the real project bloat , especially in trance where the dudes layer like 10 supersaws and 5 basses just for that little 30 second breakdown segment .