How do you make the sounds on the virus wider?

[Timo]

Aye, that's why I chose to grab an analogue desk (Soundcraft Ghost). Makes things easier in a lot of ways, and the EQ isn't bad.

Pick your layers for definitive reasons, so they compliment each other when they're mixed and played on the same part, as opposed to clashing/overlapping and sounding a general mess.

As a example, for kick drum synthesising, many people use several kicks layered together... Such as an 808 kick for its low-end (which they filter out the mid + top end), another kick for its initial punch (and EQ out the low end so it gels with the processed 808 kick), and maybe even more kick layers... All for their individual, isolated characteristics.

Use that way of working for many of your musical parts, and I think that's a big piece of the puzzle.