Quote Originally Posted by auditory hallucinations
someone said to me...80% of the work should take 20% of the time, and the remaining 20% of the work should take 80% of the time...seems to fit with what you're saying

going back to the actual processing of the sounds, what kinda things work well...obviously compression, eq, distortion - what other kind of processes can you recommend? trial and error is probably the best way but could do with a few shortcuts...
there arent any shortcuts, what works in one track, wont work in another, it all depends how you want it to sound, and what samples, synths etc you have together in a particular track