How to Make Hardstyle Break Bass Push Through the Mix

I start with around 7 voices at 50% detune to get that reese character. Then I roll off the highs and distort it. The tape saturator is great for this because it doesn't overdrive it too much, but it generates new overtones nicely.

I add another EQ to roll off the highs and a bell curve to control the mids a bit. Then I soft clip it again for more overtones, because we rolled off the highs, and a bit more power.

Now I add the multiband compressor without downwards compression, only upwards, which you open with below, and really crank the lows.

Then I add a soft clipper. Because the multiband compressor has so much volume, I decrease the volume there and add it back with the soft clipper. Otherwise it gets too squashed, because the lows get soft clipped too much.

I add a chorus in front of the tape saturator. That adds a deepening chorus effect to the reese, which helps fill up the spectrum under the break melody. Finally I remove the stereo information with a utility on bass mono at 100 Hz.

While playing the melody you can go back in the setup and add more below for more upwards compression, boost the mids if the melody calls for it, or add volume in front of a distortion for even more drive.