Depending on what genre you are mixing the drums can sometimes overpower everything else and be a little bit on your face. When this happens frequency can be overbearing what you need to do is cut the EQ but doing so sometimes compromises its overall presence becoming a little bit too thin, losing the weight of your track.
What you really need is a multi-band compressor where you can target a specific frequency. This will compress your track a little more aggressively giving your snare a little breathing room while keeping it from overpowering everything else in your track.
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