teknotard, thanks for your comments and especially for your suggestions;
I have actually used parallel compression on the beat, I think as per James suggestion above, the snare needs a little more room. I yet have to fully master how to carve out the mid frequencies in a song to share them properly.
What do you suggest in the bass to make it "punch" more, Im guess there is some cutting required. I have it HPF to around 40hz at moment, I reckon somewhere around the low mid somewhere might take the mud out of it and then maybe boost the region that gives it some presence and attack??
Cian