Thanks Wing Commander! Many nice suggestions! I wish there were a little more posts like this here on Gearslutz, because you always get new interesting ways of targeting things and trying and when there are questionable things it results in an interesting discussion...!
I want to add one thing. I am not a dance mixer, but I feel that when it comes to the kick drum I think delay is really important. I prefer track offset instead of delay (both channels panned at the same setting), but anyways, a nice delay will enhance the depth, especially when applied after compression. If you apply the delay first the kick drum will end up unnatural sounding. So delay and then late time hard limiting is not something I recommend.
When it comes to compression I focus on getting the attack right. I often use a setting of 0.90 on Waves C1, which I often think works great...
