One magic incantation to do that is to send all other accompanying tracks through a common compressor (don't compress too much, of course). This pulls back the tracks a bit so that the remaining tracks (bass, in this case, though I think it's a good idea to combine drums and bass) get more focus.nyjm wrote:/// i wish i could get that "bass" solo to be more prominent without clipping the hell out of everything ///
In addition, you can compress the bass and add a bit of gain to get the weaker parts (if any) level with the parts done just right, dynamically.
The rest of the magic is in EQing the different tracks so they don't steal each others' most interesting frequency bands.
Finally, a (good) master limiter helps with managing clipping, though limiters can easily mess things up big time.
I used to do too little of all of this but lately (e.g. my "tank" song) I'm a lot more satisfied with how my mixes sound.