i do this all the time, whenever i find a cd i like ill try to get a clip from one of the choruses for a 'mix' curveeq file and one from a soloed guitar section
a few years back I tried that method.....the results were good but it didn't make me a better engineer
Curve EQs (I Used Firium) often lead to VERY drastic changes in the guitartone....in that case I'd always prefer to reamp again and tweak the amp-settings, mic-position. I NEVER do more to my guitars EQ-Wise than HP/LP and max 2 cuts/boost of 3dB max....If I had to I'd rather re-record and tweak the amp again.
Using curve-EQ to really match a curve will make it a copy of another sound (perhaps even a good copy)....but even the best copy is still a bent sound that wasn't that good in the first place....try to get it right in the recording.
Only that way you'll improve as an engineer and learn about micing amps etc IMO....same thing with Impulses...nice stuff but why not getting better in micing amps yourself?
bigger Bands/Labels will never pay you good money for just copying the sound of Andy, Colin, whoever....I Think it's important to develop a more unique style to make it in this biz....Colin and Andy did
Of course I'm using reference CDs as well...would be stupid not to do so, but I'd highly advice not to use matching EQs etc.
sorry for OT but that's actually the main reason I'm not listening to alot of samples in the RMM-Section...all the threads saying "DFH+POD+GH-Impulses" are WAY less interesting IMO then threads like "my first miced drumkit" or "recto+1960...pop" or whatever threads that make me hear new recorded tones and make me learn and broaden my view....instead of listening to the same DFH and POD tones over and over again
to the OP: mix cold use some work but the drumsamples sound cool IMO!