this is what i do. i'm saying this in complete confidence that no one will steal my ideas... anyways, i make my synth sound pretty close to what i want it to in whatever synth i'm using. example, massive (since every whale has it). i'll make the patch to as close as i want and then i'll add a few other things in the processing stage. main ones can be Sausage Fattener, compressor (not as often as some people may think. i hardly use it to be honest) you're usual eq stuff, i'll add a stereo spread (BX SOLO plug in. so awesome! - not the dimension expander in massive. don't really like that too much), and a few other things which i forget but yeah, most of it is done in massive. i also open up the trust old effectrix (love you <3). i'll make or use a pretty basic sound (saw, square or whatever) and juice it up in effectrix. if you don't have it, get it! lately, ive been into assigning LFO's to envelopes and what not. come out with some pretty crazy stuff. anyways, hit me up in a PM tomy and we can discuss a price for my information