Not me. :)

I decided years ago to aim my choons squarely at the 3am slot in the main room. For a long time, I couldn't figure out why the energy I was thinking of when I made my tracks just wasn't coming across... the answer was in the sounds. Minimal techno can be totally bangin', but in order to do that, the individual sounds have to be bangin'.

When I am building a sound, say, on the Nord Modular, I know there'll be a mix to contend with to get the sound across, so I make the sound I want, then make it twice as sharp, cutting, and irritating. I like to use many filters, "wavewrapper", parametric EQ, etc, to make the sound be *stupid* on its own, but shine through a busy mix.

I'm just learning the studio side, tho. This works hella for live use. :) BBE Sonic Maximizers and Aphex Aural Exciters help a lot too.