layering is first about picking the right sounds

then the sounds must all compliment each other nicely to form 1 in harmony

you need sounds to cover the high, mids and lows and then add more to your liking to add texture

when i first began like years ago.. i used to stack supersaw after supersaw but this is the incorrect way to layer

i know your frustrations but those guys wont show you 'the real things' they do, you'll only get a snippet of what happens lol
and Markus doesnt even make his own tracks I've heard, from mat zo lol

take the most from them but you have to study basslines in general i think to understand it, there is a lot of sound design, layering behind baselines, its not just the notes

maybe try and work on something else and it'll come around

i think james dymond had a tutorial somewhere on youtube.. dunno if that helps

haha i dunno man, thats all i know, i dont make psy trance or uplifting stuff

maybe there is pitch bend..i dunno

i think he's got a lot of layering and ofc sidechaining no doubt

i know lot of people use presets and tweak them, what do you think?

good to do both yeah? presets and synthesis knowledge

it could be the age of your laptop, laptops get slow every year, same with every computer

restart the laptop, low cpu plug ins like sylenth are great, shut off all other programs you're using

hmm, are you using big plug ins? like kontakt? omnisphere? nexus etc

i know other producers use logic and they tell me that even logic crashes

start off with vengeance, yeah i know its generic but it works

then you can try with freshly squeezed, samplephonics etc

you should be building your own personal library so you know what works and what you like