if the song is bland, it means the melody and harmony isn't good enough, or you need to add more chords, interesting synths

the stab is used for songs that are quite progressive and build up etc

Ive seen some of the future bass stuff but i think sidechaing is only half the trick, its the notes and chords progressions that make that sound

yeah i think you should get LFO tool, its is a great plugin, along with nicky romero kick, the native ableton SC does the trick as well

i found that its not good to force it, cause you will make crap and then become sad in the studio

inspiration comes again and again

ill work on sound design, look at stuff on youtube, and then stuff will come in your head again, i think its a muscle cause you have to handle happiness and dissapointment in the studio

this is old skool advice but you have to copy presets from your favourite synths and watch a lot of videos

so start from an empty preset and try build your sounds 

When you get good, you can build your own sounds, that dont sound like presets

this was told to me from a pro producer, the thing is, is that most people dont put in the effort to learn their synths inside and out 

there is no other way my man, you have to punch through, unless you wanna tweak presets but even then you have to learn your synths, 6 months just isn't long enough man, its going to take a couple of years before you get a decent sound

a sine wave is used for bass sounds, saw is for leads, etc in electronic music

happens all the time man, go work on sound design or some mixing , watch some videos, etc

armin says that its time to get out of the studio when no ideas are coming and you cant fight it, go play playstation and make a sandwich and then come back

sometimes its about making something you want to make, not cause of other people's tracks

yeah check this preset out, it'll give you the idea about those anjuna basses, this one is from sylenth

depends if you want all of their products, maybe do a bit of research first and find out what you need, cause it will take a long time to learn the software if you are getting it all

Im a fan of Native instruments, they have a product for nearly everything related to production

Im happy with my go to synth massive and Kontakt for strings and piano, those two are essential to me lol 

novation has a partnership with ableton, its built for ableton but should work with all daws though lol
im a big fan of ableton