Some of those trance type sounds are good marketing for synth manufacturers as they ore often layered up, detuned and effected 'monster' patches which they can try to wow the inexperienced with. Back in the 90's, they often crammed as much of the on-board efx into their showcase presets as an additi...

Stick any compressor on a send and use the send amount knob as a dry / wet too.

I have been trying to experiment with Midi gates and Midi LFO's in Live but I always have routing problems.

Can't you do it with any analog synth that can self oscillate?

I know what they do but I just have never used them. A guy I wrote some stuff with uses them in all sorts of things. An 'unorthodox' example being in a parallel set up where distortion was used on a send. The send amount knob mixing the dry / wet version of the distortion on a drum track was messing...

I should really try using them more, I have never bothered. Maybe this thread will inspire me?

Do we just choose from those packs which one we'd like to have a go at?

Will we get to hear other users remixes too? ( wondered because of ^^^^^^^ )

After listening to the 2nd clip by Daft punk, I think you definitely should check out FM synthesis. You will find those sounds you are looking for but remember the playing style has a lot to do with it as well, good playing makes a lot of difference.