need some help/advice

[alrightythen]

hey guys ive been told a few times that i need to layer my sounds more or fill out the whole stereo image more or something. Just wondering if someone could eleborate a bit more in detail about the whole thing or direct me to some useful threads where its probly been brought up numerous times.
anyways as far as i layer, i normal have my chord progression on piano playing from c2-c4 or around there then ill add in a bass part and keep that in c2 ocatave or lower if it sounds good say for my more sub bass sounds if im using it. then play a top line melody thats normaly higher up the ocataves anyways is this what they mean or they saying more like layering synths in which case do i just then use different synths with band pass filters on them so i can control the frequencys i want them in then layer different synths or using eq instead of band pass filter? anyways hope i made sense thanks


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[MuhalXtra1387]

Honestly dude when they're saying layer your sounds they mean just that. EQ ing can make a sound more prominent or clearer or fit better in a mix but it's not gonna make it bigger or more filling if you want that u have to layer. For instance say I have a saw bass at maybe c4 adding a sine bass an octave or two lower can add a lot of depth and feel.one common thing done in edm is breaking the bass element of a track into pieces maybe have one synth for character another one that adds dimension and another to fill out the low in end (sine waves work really well for that )and then use some eq to control things a bit.