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Ok so I see a lot of talk about sending channels to different frequencies so they dont overlap when you layer them. I use FL Studio and Ive been doing gain structuring and a little bit of mixing and mastering but I haven't played with any EQing and I have little idea of what it means to send channels to different frequencies. I keep on running into overlapping sounds, especially with high and low saw-ish type waves going on at the same time. How would I go about sending channels to different frequencies in FL Studio?

Play around a bit with FL Parametic EQ, a sound has certain frequencies, lets say you make/pick a sound to create your bass with, that sound might have some high frequencies in there you don't want, so maybe you'll cut off everything above 200hz so you're left with just the bass and the thump sort of feel of that sound, an EQ (equalizer) can either cut or boost frequencies on a sound, you won't wanne do too much boosting (yes I know when you start out everything sounds amazing when you boost basicly every frequency in a sound), but you wanne try and stay away from that in the beginning.

The reason for you to cut all unnecesary frequencies of a sound is because you want to make space for other sounds, imagine your in square room, you wanne place all your sounds in the room (spectrum) without them clashing or overlapping or just basicly sitting on the same spot, because one sound will push the other one away.

You're a long way away from mixing and mastering, but keep going once you start understanding EQ and how to place your sounds properly your tracks will hugely gain from it.

(excuse spelling, no check on here !)