Mitchie if your unhappy with the sidechain because of the kick envelope you could always just make a second channel purely as a sidechain with no stereo output but used for chaining - i tend to do this nowdays anyway as it gives me a little more flexibility. I've just had the privilege to work with Shockone in the studio on final mixes and after seeing the amount of sidechaining he does to entire buses with kicks and snares, all I can say is get creative, and always aim to carve space.
Sounding nice Berns, listening out of PC speakers. Personal pref would be to definitely replace that piano with a nicer samplevst (ew PianosGold is pretty great for manipulating close/mid/far mic positionings) but I know they can be expensive to get.
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