I wanna get an ongoing thread rolling on techniques for making techno.

So I will make the first one.

UNDERSTAND COMPRESSION full stop.

the thing i find about techno is that the most important thing is the 'feeling' not the melodies or catchy hooks. obvious it depends upon the type of techno you're making, but it stands to reason that if it's not about melodies, it has to be about something else. and you can really get an intense feeling in your music by exploring compression.

do a search on here for compression and you'll come up with loads of this subject. take it to bed with you and read it night with hot choc and morning on toilet b4 porridge.

:)