Mixing techniques:Kick drum

Referenced techniques
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 * Try boosting 4Khz, Cut 250-300Hz and boost 60-100Hz to find the drums resonance
 * For a Metal Kick: Use a 3Khz or so boost on the kick drum
 * For a kick used on a song intended for a club, emphasize 200-300 without extreme low end.The club will make up the difference.

Unreferenced techniques
If you have a mix that is perfect and want the kick to stand out more, try using an all pass filter. In Apple Logic you can try using the phaser plug in with the LFOs disabled.