Don't know if stereo recording would help, but I'm having a huge amount of trouble making anything I record (in most cases, sax) sound "thicker" in the soundscape. Samples and VST's seem to 'stick out' more which makes the live stuff sound flimsy. Stereo seperation helps somewhat, but still doesn't solve the problem. Even listening to professional stuff as a reference, I can never quite recreate it.
Anyway, d'ya think any of you could give me a bit of advice?