Thank you! What I normally do is set my Kick somewhere in the between -8 or -7db, then I open up the parametric eq 2 in fruity loops and take out some of the really low and muddy frequencies along with unnecessary high end frequencies. Lastly, I use the fruity multiband compressor with the
"Bright" preset. This will boost the kick; I try to then make sure that the kick isn't going above -6db. After all of that, I make sure that none of my instruments db is higher then my kick, your beat volume will be low when you use this method, mastering it will bring the volume up. I'm
not saying this is the best method
or even one of the best, but it works for me.