How to get an OPEN sound?

[jagarock]

Inseminator, in this post, http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/rate-my-mix-tone-threads/679787-insanely-short-test-new-mesa-rect-2x12-guit-tone.html#post9777728
posts a test he made, and it sounds so redicolously OPEN compared to whatever im recording myself.

I wonder if anyone can give some pointers about how to mix and effect up the track so it sounds spatious and open? :hotjump:
Soundcloud related, its what i record

 

[Zero Recordings]

Boost 5k-6k for air on guitars and add some reverb to guitars

 

[XnaySaturo]

Wouldn't boost/verb guitars at all. I don't know what you mean as "open" in that other post, but something I've found out today by referencing on a different pair of headphones is that clearing up the low end can really let your mix breathe a LOT, and has impact all over the frequency spectrum. Everything has more room to breathe and it really gives an "open" and "airy" feel.

 

[Virgil.]

Find a good room verb IR that you like and add that into your mix to give it more of a live spacey feeling. You could also try throwing in a room mic far away when tracking guitars to give it that 'distant' feeling and blend that in with your other guitars. There are a few ways to go about getting that open sound. Lots of layers is another way.