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tl;dr: is it a good practice to double track synths, on lets say a melodic synth, on a dubstep drop or other types of electronic music? (dnb)

so i've produced dnb for a while now, and on the drop, i just make my melodic synth and that's it, add reverb or whatever else. but recently i've gotten into a lot of metallica and other things like that and i am aware that they double or quad track their guitars to make them wide and stereo and sound great.

i thought my melodic synths sounded fine before, but i've started wondering if this is something i could do to them too? i've listened to many dnb and dubstep artists and it really doesnt sound like they double track them or anything.

of course im aware too that if i just simply copy and paste the synth i made and pan it hard L and R then it will sound bad and weird when the song is in mono. but i'm making my synths with NI massive and serum so i can slightly change the synth or even turn off that setting where a different sound plays each time the synth plays (idk what its called sorry).

so since no artists do this on electronic music im wondering if its a good thing to step up my production and sound design in this genre and make my music sound better and different to what alot of other people are doing.

and btw this music is mostly played at raves and clubs on those huge speakers so would it sound good on those too?

additional question: all the authentic records from metallica and other bands have the natural room reverb on their drums and guitars etc.. would this sound okay on this electronic music i am talking about? or should i just stick to regular reverb instead of some nice room simulated reverb on the drums and stuff.

thank you for reading!

tl;dr: is it a good practice to double track synths, on lets say a melodic synth, on a dubstep drop or other types of electronic music? (dnb)

so i've produced dnb for a while now, and on the drop, i just make my melodic synth and that's it, add reverb or whatever else. but recently i've gotten into a lot of metallica and other things like that and i am aware that they double or quad track their guitars to make them wide and stereo and sound great.

i thought my melodic synths sounded fine before, but i've started wondering if this is something i could do to them too? i've listened to many dnb and dubstep artists and it really doesnt sound like they double track them or anything.

of course im aware too that if i just simply copy and paste the synth i made and pan it hard L and R then it will sound bad and weird when the song is in mono. but i'm making my synths with NI massive and serum so i can slightly change the synth or even turn off that setting where a different sound plays each time the synth plays (idk what its called sorry).

so since no artists do this on electronic music im wondering if its a good thing to step up my production and sound design in this genre and make my music sound better and different to what alot of other people are doing.

and btw this music is mostly played at raves and clubs on those huge speakers so would it sound good on those too?

additional question: all the authentic records from metallica and other bands have the natural room reverb on their drums and guitars etc.. would this sound okay on this electronic music i am talking about? or should i just stick to regular reverb instead of some nice room simulated reverb on the drums and stuff.

thank you for reading!