<Arcane>
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But even if you don't put the rythm guitars with leads in louder you still can hear it cleraly if you get a good balance imho. And for the solos you don't have to put them too loud, just by centering them and giving them a little bit more volume than the rythms you get them clear and over the rest but still keeping the rest audible. About mini-leads and such I find the best way to do so (and except some parts what it's done in the studio most of the times, at least in rock/metal) is record that lead/melody on a separate track and pan it and raise the volume of that specific part, but not the whole rythm track. But that's me.
Mmh... Then we have a different opinion. It works great for me and sounds definitely better than the usual way.