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that backround loop of the guitar would work better if you made it a stereo pan. so create another track with the same loop on it and pan one left and one right. this will make it still sound centered and wide depending on how much you pan it but it will leave the center open for your vox to sit. research spectral mixing and learn your eq. add more bottom to the kick maybe notch a small amount around 350k to 450.. sweep the area cut the mud to make the bottom stand out more. small boost around 63hz will do or use waves r bass just dont over kill.
do a sweep with your snare and cut out some where around700hz to take away that cup sound. remember you can also think ahead about where your vox sit normally and do small notches in all your instruments to create alittle headroom for your vox. so my vox have clear mids around 3.2hz so i might do a tiny notch in the synth tracks that are in stereo pan to create some space. i might do the same with the snare. only on the snare i will notch maybe some out of 230hz. cause that is where my mid lows sit nice. i will do a bit of spectral mixing on all the instruments. even though in real spectral mixing you wont touch the volume on any tracks. you just mix with the eq and panning. but it is really hard and if you dont have good gear spectral mixing is like drawing in the dark.
turn down your snare as well alittle.
glue your kick and bass line togeher with some minor side chaining with a compressor
always remember with eq cut narrow and boost wide. but not too wide. image your sounds. create a enviorment with panning and eq leaving a nice wide hole for the vox to sit |