It's often typical to enable the synths additional oscillators and leave the levels where they are. Enable additional oscillators with some really different tones then drop the volume to 0 and slowly introduce it until it adds a different quality to the sound. It’s not about hearing this sound itself but more about hearing the sum of it’s parts when combined with the rest of the sound source, which can be quite different to the same OSCillator but on full volume.
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It seems easy to assume you need layers and layers for a bigger, fuller production but very often when it comes to music production less really is more.
Typically the most successful tracks are the ones with the simplest approach, be it tonally, melodically or structurally. As humans we like consistency...
