fuller sounding synths

[CNVKT]

so i have a track in progress and I'm wanting a part of the track to sound more full. I'm using one synth but it doesn't seem like enough of the sound I'm wanting. I've looked into stereo widening or simply adjusting the volume but are there other ways to fix my dilemma. maybe add another synth or something? thanks guys

[Dingo20]

so i have a track in progress and I'm wanting a part of the track to sound more full. I'm using one synth but it doesn't seem like enough of the sound I'm wanting. I've looked into stereo widening or simply adjusting the volume but are there other ways to fix my dilemma. maybe add another synth or something? thanks guys

You could always layer synths using an instrument rack...

[Tarekith]

Widening can often make things sound thinner, not fuller. EQ boost around 400-800Hz might bring back more of the lower mids where the weight and warmth in a lot of songs is, as can come gentle parallel compression.

[Stromkraft]

so i have a track in progress and I'm wanting a part of the track to sound more full. I'm using one synth but it doesn't seem like enough of the sound I'm wanting. I've looked into stereo widening or simply adjusting the volume but are there other ways to fix my dilemma. maybe add another synth or something? thanks guys

Whether you want to use the Live synths, third party plug-ins or external synths, you can use layering in Instrument racks as Dingo20 noted. Just watch out for phase cancelations and adjust EQ as needed in the layered chains.

Another way would be to use additional oscillators/operators and detune a few of them somewhat. If you're out of oscillators already you can use the rack solution with the same synth and patch in a new chain and detune this.

Also investigate Saturator and EQ adjustments with EQ8.

[Division Monarchy]

One thing I recently discovered was the magic of Waves channel strips. I really hate how the Analog device sounds, but combined with a TG12345 plugin it sounds much fuller. Only drawback is the CPU.

[dubxile]

you could just parallel process several effects to create a wider sound with movement.
here's an example that i threw together( it not perfect but will give you an idea what you can do with just native devices.
just grab a analog and place this effects rack after it

https://mega.nz/#!D1oxUBQK!1jXGXAm4xvT5 ... M7kH_naneo