Bass DominanceYou may want to have the bass dominating the kick. How you do this will depend on your sourcematerial. If you have long bass notes you may want to reduce the tail length of your kick. This willfree up that space for your long bass notes. Alternatively, If your bass is playing short stabbingnotes you may want to control the attack of the kick. By reducing the attack on the kick we givespace to the bite of a punchy bass. We can achieve both of these characteristics by compressingthe kick in different ways. Similarly to adding a fade as discussed earlier, you can compress a kickto lower the level of the tail. This will give your long bass notes space to be the prominent featurein your mix.