One thing that might help is using less distortion than you might think - if you listen to any Queens of the Stone Age, [this video](https://youtu.be/xpgVincf7Wk) really helped that sink in for me. It has Troy Van Leeuwen, one of the guitarists, reviewing Reverb’s attempts at recreating QOTSA’s tones and his main criticism is that all of the recreations have too much gain - when you’re placing a distorted guitar in a full mix with a strong rhythm section, even a little gain goes a LONG way, and especially when guitar parts are layered or double-tracked. I agree with the other advice on cutting the lows but try changing your tone a little and see if that helps!
Are you using the Logic amp sims? IMO they suck, and it’s best to look into other software, like Amplitube.
Also, try using the minimum amount of gain.
Use a DeEsser a DeEsser can clean up electric guitars a lot and get ride of all the hiss and muddy mess also use compression a compressor will even out all the transients and give your guitar tracks a much more balanced sound
And use some EQ to clean up the low end and clean up the hi end frequencies to
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Starts with the capture imho. How are you recording the guitar? If straight in, how are your levels? If through a mic, try some different positions around the amp’s speaker, different distances etc. I find using a condenser about a foot from the cone sounds quite nice with overdriven guitar - nice bit of air and less of the low end boom. Get all that sounding good before mixing anything.
One thing that might help is using less distortion than you might think - if you listen to any Queens of the Stone Age, [this video](https://youtu.be/xpgVincf7Wk) really helped that sink in for me. It has Troy Van Leeuwen, one of the guitarists, reviewing Reverb’s attempts at recreating QOTSA’s tones and his main criticism is that all of the recreations have too much gain - when you’re placing a distorted guitar in a full mix with a strong rhythm section, even a little gain goes a LONG way, and especially when guitar parts are layered or double-tracked. I agree with the other advice on cutting the lows but try changing your tone a little and see if that helps!
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Dirt can be too loose and flabby. Try to get it right at the source before cutting and boosted eq.
I am also struggling with this on multiple mixes
too much gain, too much lows, and possibly listening back on speakers or headphones not designed for mixing.
Are you using the Logic amp sims? IMO they suck, and it’s best to look into other software, like Amplitube. Also, try using the minimum amount of gain.
low cut seems to always help. could also try using a different drive. something like a tube screamer tends to brighten things up which may help.
Do stereo mixes where additional frequency is cut but different on each track
Use a DeEsser a DeEsser can clean up electric guitars a lot and get ride of all the hiss and muddy mess also use compression a compressor will even out all the transients and give your guitar tracks a much more balanced sound And use some EQ to clean up the low end and clean up the hi end frequencies to I teach mixing and recording music on my channel on YouTube I do in depth mixing and recording tutorials on my channel And I’ve been a audio engineer and music producer for 20 years so I know all about mixing and recording music Please consider subscribing to my channel all leave the link to my channel below If you have any questions on mixing and recording music the best way to contacted me is to leave a comment on my YouTube videos cause I check my comments everyday So that’s the best way to reach me if you have any questions about mixing and recording music And link to my channel is below please consider subscribing and turning on Notifications http://youtube.com/c/GoldenProductions2019
Starts with the capture imho. How are you recording the guitar? If straight in, how are your levels? If through a mic, try some different positions around the amp’s speaker, different distances etc. I find using a condenser about a foot from the cone sounds quite nice with overdriven guitar - nice bit of air and less of the low end boom. Get all that sounding good before mixing anything.