Can anyone recommend where I can learn more about techniques to put different instruments in different spaces in the mix. I'm
familiar with the concept and it makes a lot of sense. I'm also on a mission right now to really work on my final mixing abilities. I have
4 songs that I want to do as good a job as I can right now. I read somewhere that reverb gives the illusion or places an instrument
farther back in the mix or space. Also that higher frequencies tend to bring it more to the front of the mix. It seems obvious that right
and left panning will separate the instruments. So then do you recommend panning one instrument 30% left and another 60% left etc?
or do you go with 50% one side then use a little reverb on one instrument to push it back a little in the mix and more reverb on the
next to push it back further and thereby separate it from the previous instrument even though they're both at 50% pan?

I am really not dealing with that many instruments. Drums, bass (does panning a bass have any effect? I heard that bass frequencies
don't have much of a stereo quality to them) 1 to 4 guitar tracks, lead vocal (which I've been duplicating, panning 30% to each side
and sliding one track slightly), and one or two back up vocals.

I know most of the expertise in this area will ONLY come from experience, but I am looking for some tips to experiment with so I can
get the experience. Can anyone help here on this forum or recommend a book that deals with separating instruments in a mix?

Thanks
Todd
NaCL