Hey man! try panning some of the timbre opposite of each other. Another way to add space is to take a simple delay, turn up the dry/wet to 100%, feedback 0%, put the L to 0.00ms and the R to 0.12ms. This creates the illusion of space because your ears pick up the sound .12ms faster on the L side than the R side. Also what the above commenter said. Don't just put a reverb on it, you'll kill the impact of the song.

Two better solutions would be
1) throw the reverb (or delay) onto a return track and send whatever you want to that channel
2) put a compressor on your clip, group it, then put the reverb (or delay) right next to it on the chain list so the sound splits into two separate outputs. (I work with Ableton, so I don't know if this makes sense for other DAWs) Both essentially are to preserve the normal sound while adding the effect onto it.

Think of it like icing on a cake. Don't replace the entire cake with icing.

Hope that helps!

I use FL Studio, so what you're saying is a little obscure, but I definitely get the idea. Thanks a lot!

Do you think maybe some other synths would help? Like a lead.

I'm always trying to create nice, meaningful chords when I try to produce trance. It rarely happens, however.

Are there any tricks that you guys use? Anything worth sharing?

Thanks!

I drive an hour out to backcountry to record my mix in the abandoned steelmill and dry/wet with the master.

Same.

Surely it's not that complicated. I'm fairly in love with ilan's productions, and have often wondered how he creates that "wall of sound".

Tons of compression and limiting?

What do you guys think, and could you recreate it?

#curious

Quote from: Gary Maguire on January 07, 2016, 12:48:02 am

Get your hands on something visual like FabFilter Pro Q or there was one out awhile ago called apEQ. Probably loads more now but they would be something I use.

If your new to mixing its good to get a visual idea of where frequencies are situated in the spectrum. These plugins will do just that 

I've heard fab filter mentioned by a friend once,  so I'll have to look at it.  Thank you for the recommendation

FabFilter ProQ2 is probably my favorite plugin that I currently use. Definitely recommend.

Dude... This track is so good!

I don't see any problems with it, at all!

Wow...