Hey guys! I got a quick question. I was wondering what a lot of you guys that do your own mixing set volume of the Kick Drum and Snare Drum at (solo and mixed)? I seem to be missing this aspect of my mixing. The kick drum is too soft, but is taking up A LOT of room in the mix (-4 db on VU Meter). That forces me to reduce the overall volume of the mix and I cannot even mix the bl properly since most of the mix is being eaten up by the kick drum to begin with. I am aiming to get that sound that is non acoustic 808 drum feel [sort of like This is how we do produced by Dr. Dre]. I know his stuff is mastered, so I cannot accurately tell how he mixed it since his stuff clips on a standard CD[meaning it shows up as clipping in say Sound Forge, but you do not hear any distortion of any sort in the mix]. Can anyone help me out? Maybe I can post a clip up by Sunday if that would help.