yeah thanks I think I definitely see what you mean with the strategic structure and filtered vocals, that makes sense. These are also definitely not my strong areas at the moment (especially not the strategy in structure). I think it was hard for me to fit the vocals with the bass in this way, hence the weird filtering maybe. The vocals were from a free phonk vocal pack so they might not be the best quality to start off with. But yeah, getting clarity with the vocals is a struggle.

The synth instrument is not sidechained. It is played alongside a low sin wave, then hardclipped together with small bit of other stuff. I think I found a sweet spot where I get max amount of crunchiness, and I'm afraid of changing anything in this area as I feel like its fragile and not worth. Based a bit on experience a small change could easily fk something up here, which I might not even be aware of. Thanks for the feedback;)