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Depends what works for you, but you could also program them directly into your DAW.
Download a nice drum vst like Superior Drummer or the LABS drumkits then either write or edit your drums - pay attention to velocities, humanization, etc. You could also layer it with more electronic drum samples if you want your drums to sound modern and punchy
For instance the following demo is the LABS Percussion kit and I've layered the kick and snare with synth drum sounds from a sample pack
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Honest criticism

This is nice. Peaceful harmonies, nice use of space (although the constant panned hi hats might be a bit much). Have you played Startopia? This reminds me of some of the tracks in the OST.
At 0:36 I'm not exactly sure why the pads stop. It seems like a new section might happen but it's just kind of the same without pads. Maybe change the rhythm at that point, make the hats and bass funkier or something? Also obviously you need at least a short intro.
Cool vibes anyway, nice one

Are there tools available out there that use actual industry standard terms? Why the fuck is an s-curve compressor or "dynamic range mapper" call OTT in Ableton?
Are they called sane things in projects like LMMS and Reaper?

Also, are there any good open-source synths out there?

The hats are way too loud. Kind of weird chord progression at 1:46. Also whole track sounds very bright and distorted? Did you put OTT on this or something?

>are there any good open-source synths out there?
Surge XT is great. It's packed to the brim with features. It's intimidating at first, but if you read the manual it's easy to learn.
Most people won't (and probably shouldn't) care, but it's also probably the best softsynth (free or paid) for microtonality/ alternate tuning/ blues note bends. It has its own tuning editor built in.

Dexed emulates the DX7 and it's one of the most accurate hardware emulations for any synth. The Surge team added their code so that it can load alternate tuning files too (.scl and .kbm which you can create in Surge XT)
You can find a collection of way too many presets at dxsysex.com/

The Surge team has other open source projects too.
surge-synth-team.org/
They recently took over the Monique Monosynth, but I don't think it has an installer yet, so you'll have to compile it yourself.
Their Stochas sequencer with randomization elements is pretty fun to play around with too.

here is a snippet of a musique concrete piece im working on called poop jack

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First time using an orchestral ensemble.

I like this. Feels reminiscent of the Persona games. Feels like it needs a bit more punch in the 'Chorus' somehow.