[Trevor]

I am working on some really dark, heavy and evil sounding tracks -- I guess they resemble hardstyle (I don't know many hardstyle DJ's) with a bit definate gabber influences bleeding through.

Anyways, I am wondering if anyone has tips for mixing tracks because some it definately needs some mixing because some of the sounds seem to blend together to much. I have a lot of sound samples (dinosaurs roaring, mechanical sounds, etc) and I am trying to mix them in fluidly.

Right now, everything sounds a bit chunky and some parts are distorted because it's not mixed properly.

I produced all of the sounds in the synths, vst's and some downloaded instruments on FL Studio 6.0 (fruityloops) and sequenced them accordingly in the playlist editor. The sounds are all custom so they need a bit of mixing, I think.

I can't figure out fruity loops mixer (I should DL a tutorial, I suppose) and I was wondering if there is a good program to mix with? Someone recommended reason to me but I wasn't sure.

Also, I have a hardware controller keyboard that I have been trying to use. It's an inexpensive ($125) M-Audio 88 (not the pro version) USB controller. It has a MIDI Out port but I have to buy a MIDI Out cable for it.

Can I use this just like a keyboard or is does it not work in the fashion on fruityloops?

Do I need MIDI Out to make this work?

I am new to producing music, I have been fucking with FL Studio for about a week.

Thanks guys -- I would post this in the Music Discussion but that never gets any looks.

What do you suggest when it comes to mixing with FL Studio?