help on separating instruments

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hi, i'm trying to figure out if there's any thing i can do to help separate instruments in my mix. i have a shure sm57 and a pg48, and a really cheap radioshack-esque mixer and my computer

i find the guitars and the bass sound too close together in the mix, like instead of 2 guitars and a bass it sounds like i'm playing a wide guitar with some bass strings on it.

panning only kind of half helps out my problem, i was wondering if there was any easy tips to help separate and define instruments.

ps, also don't bother suggesting that i buy some better gear, i really don't plan to. i mostly am making recordings for my own amusement, and anything i need to send to labels i will get done at a professional recording studio.

but i want to get the best sound i can get with the crap that i have.
 
EQ. Cut the high frequencies from the bass and the low frequencies from the guitar. Listen to them together though to make the cuts, because it is how the sound together that is important, not how they sound when soloed.
 
Yo Dave of numbers:

Get your rhythm track down first; like maybe chords and drums.

From there, put your bass on a separate track and same with the guitar.

Then, as Stock suggested, you can tweak the eq on each track to get a desired result. All of which, of course, you listen to via the monitors before you mix to a stereo track or to tape or to wherever you want to go.

Green Hornet:D :p :cool:
 
Adding a little distortion to the bass will also help it stand out seperately in the mix
 
Distorted instruments can be a royal pain sometimes, being very wide in both freq and width even in mono. Got any of those?
 
A thought.. are your bass lines simply mimmicking the guitar chords? If so then this could be most of your problem. Oh and get better equipment! J/K:D
 
thanks, SPINSTERWUN, for the link. some fine reading there.
 
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