Just wondering how parallel compression can be seen as difficult to set up in almost any DAW. FL's got aux sends hasn't it? Can't off the top of my head think of any DAW that doesn't have sends. Compressor in a send = parallel compression.

I don't know, sounds to me like it isn't so much the kick that makes this particular drop huge, it's the repetitive bass sample. To my ear, the kick is mostly contributing some higher frequency pop to the nearly subsonic throb of that bass note.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, the lead does not, in fact, truly alternate with the kick, although that is a common practice in this style. Once the lead kicks in, it hits its first note on the offbeat, but then continues on both up- and downbeats. But the massive comp/lim used on the mix to handle that huge bass/kick thump makes the downbeat lead notes so much quieter that they aren't as obvious.

I'm not saying this just to quibble; it's how I am hearing it.

This outta help out: http://sonictransfer.com/side-chain-compression-tutorial.sht ml

Pretty sure the link above explains the sound youre looking for.