Cheers for that P brane....appreciate it..
as it stands im keeping the synth in and im gonna set up a send with some delay or sommat for the riff. gonna touch the volume down on it too as i think its dominating the mix a bit.
I still like the sound im using for the riff,sort of reminds me of the sound in jeoff mills, the bells,IMO.....not that thats what i went for intentionally.
I still may change the riff sound yet...see if out else gets said about it.

abuse please!