Compression can smooth things out and make it sound bigger. But I think one of the best tricks is to add white noise. It will go a long way!

Yeah, I used Glue compression and had white noise:)
I definitely agree with the importance of both!
But something's still off... Having trouble how to get my leads right still.
Thanks for the response!!

Hey!

I think you could be running into a problem that could be solved by layering. I'm hearing that your lead is very upfront and exposed-- it's lacking space and depth, which is what you may be referring to as raw?

What can help is to simply add some additional layers to the lead that are slightly detuned and altered in some other way. This can create a bigger sound.

Think of a single vocalist singing the lead line. May not be very intense or large sounding. But add a couple of more people singing along with them, and the small changes in pitch and timbre from person to person creates a richer tone that provides depth and intensity. That's why a choir sounds freaking epic.

Same concept. You need to "widen" the pitch of your lead. Careful though, because too much can cause balance issues with your mix. Too much detuned can cause your lead (or any other element) to sit too far back in the mix.

Reverb and or chorus can also help to give similar effects.

Hope that helps!

Thanks so much!

OTT your main chord stack/ distort them to taste with fabfilter saturn

the synths playing chord notes could be raised in level/made stereo.

if you're using nexus the LD angel one preset is airy enough to occupy your mid-top end. space it with valhallaverb.

you could definitely flesh out a more interesting bassline with regards to midi -  try going up an octave with portamento in the last 1/4 of each bar.

don't underestimate using a distorted saw bass instead. it adds meat to the mix

Appreciate the tips! Will definitely apply them.

Sounding pretty good.
Mixing is obviously off in the drop, but I think you can see that yourself.
Your leads are sidechained a little excessively I believe and they also don't have that "spark."
And the overall mixdown could be more solid!
Comes with practice!
I'm still not even near to where I want to be with my progressive drops. It's frustrating.
But once you get the hang of it. The feeling is so rewarding.
Just keep at it man! We got this 

Hey guys!
Had a quick question that's causing hell to my drops... or so I think?
Here's a sample of a drop:

https://soundcloud.com/natremusic/drop/s-v5mb9

I don't like the way the leads sound. I feel like the quality isn't very good and how raw the leads sound, makes it seem like the drop sounds kinda bad.
I would appreciate any kind of pointers! Even if it doesn't have to do anything with the leads!
Thanks so much!