Loosing my snare ...

[luxeomni]

Ok, there is my prob, i m loosing my snare when my distorted guitars comes in. when soloed or in the drum kit i m very pleased of the sound, very punchy etc, but with the distorted guitars un muted, its like its drowning into mud, have to raise the volume of the snare...
what kind of eq can i boost or cut in snare or distorted guitars to have those 2 well separated ?

 

[vigormusic]

mix the snare solo'd.
then mix it with the rest of the mix. depending on what snare you have. boost a couple hi-mid freq's

 

[FattMusiek]

Try cutting around 3000 khz on the guitar tracks; since they both operate on similar frequencies, cutting a few dBs around 3000 khz will help the snare stick out.