One important factor is to check your bounce settings. A 24 bit, 96 khz stereo file AIFF file will 'sound better' than a 112 kbps MP3. Check your setting and make sure you are creating bounces that reflect the best audio file format available on your system. Also, when re-importing a bounce to an audio track, make sure the audio track is in 'stereo' mode and not mono. As far as your second question I like the KVR forums for music production discussions. http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/ Many posters there work in genre you've detailed. Good luck, j