Tips for mixing solo and rhythm

[Mysticnetherlands]

Hi all,

I'm having problems with mixing metal solos with metal rhythm parts. How do you guys normally approach this? I take out a little bit of the high end of the rhythm bus when the solo kicks in, and also drop the volume a little bit, but is sounds contrived, not natural. Someone advised to use a sidechain ducking EQ? Is that how it's done?

It's about the second solo btw:

 

[rob w]

I HP the solo at about 200 hz and simply drop the rhythm guitars by about 2db. Always seems to blend nicely.

 

[Mysticnetherlands]

Yeah, that's what I do now, sort of. Has anyone tried using sidechain EQ ducking? Is that a standard way of handling things?