headphone and recording volume

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since everyone in my band is a little new to recording (and since we have limited mics), we all record our instrument one at a time, with the exception of guitar and bass. we're also doing mostly covers, so i import a wave file of the real song into n-track, and play it through headphones for the person whose playing while they record. the only problem is, since im using a mixer and connecting it to "line in" on my soundcard, when i hook the headphones to the comp, both the wav file and the sound picked up from the mics are heard. this is ok, the problem is that what the mics pick up turn out to be way too loud, even after i turn up the WAV volume under the soundcard mixer settings. (turning up volume turns BOTH the wav and the mics). any ideas? i really need to fix this quick.
 
if the background tracks arent loud enough to go with the incoming mic signal, bring up N-Tracks mixer and turn the Master Channel Fader up...this will bring the background track up, but not the incoming signal from the mic(that will stay the same)....
 
dammit! i didnt think of that. ive also had a little trouble with guitar, whats a common tecnique (sp?) that used for guitar to make it sound more.."big"? the guitar track sounds plain and boring. ive tried cloning the track and panning it left and right, and also just leaving the one track in the center. i remember somebody saying something about cloning and then adding a delay..is that what makes all the difference? 'everlong' by the foo fighters is the guitar sound im after. especially during the chorus. i know there's no "standard" for any part or recording, im just wondering what to do with the guitar track after its recorded and in n-track, and the order of different steps. (EQ, effects..)
 
'everlong' by the foo fighters is the guitar sound im after. especially during the chorus
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NOT A JOKE ANSWER:

Try adding a chorus effect to your guitar, will make it very full. Cobain used it a lot.

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