Time to Master

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Okay - It's time to master my latest project.

Everything was recorded fairly dry.- No effects on tracking. Sounds pretty good, but dry dry dry.

Drums - ATM25, SM57, and two Oktava MK012's through studiomaster pre's
Guitar - SM58, Oktava MK012 through sterile preamp
Guitar 2 - SM58 through Fairchild III pre
Solo GTR - SM58 or LDC through Fairchild III pre
Bass - Direct
Vocals - GTAM62 through API 312

My major problems with the track are:

1) The snare is slightly bonky on half of the tracks. How do I brighten this up?

2) The guitar and the bass don't mesh well - The guitar is chuggy on half of the tracks so there are certain notes where the bass and guitar together really chug. I've tried FFT analysis and EQ but it seems to take some life out of the thing.

3) The bass sound is funky. Half the thing was recorded direct with the bassist kinda twanging the strings on his bridge using the bridge pickup.

4) I'd like any tips on livening up a mix just a little. Perhaps a BBE/Compressor/Reverb combination that someone could recommend so the final sounds a little bit like Def Leppard or something -

5) The backup guitars are not too flashy, but are important to the mix. How do I get them in there without standing out too much?

Thanks!

The band is a little bit of a throwback to the late 80's to early 90's.
 
Virtually everything on your list should be addressed in the mix. Everything done at the mastering stage is a compromise, it's a matter of determining whether or not the positive outweighs the negative. Why try to fix the snare when whatever you do will affect everything that shares the same space?

The point is, if you have issues with the mix, fix them in the mix...
 
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