Just experiment with lots of envelope shapes, and try a lot of filters. The 2 env method is the most fun, VCA and filter need diff envelopes to get best response.
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Hello,
What method is good if the kick is always louder in the recorded soundfile than I percieve it/ or is when I play live in VCV rack? I play the tracks in winamp and windows media player.
The thing is also that I would like to listen to the kick with the current amplitude when I am jamming 
How do you record your track? Do you have something in the chain you do not have when monitoring/listening live? To what format do you record? An mp3 compresses your audio for instance… Other than that, if you find your kick too loud, just lower it in volume first and see if that helps, before trying to fix it with eg compression or limiting.
Can you please elaborate on this? 
In mixing videos, they talk alot about to “see” the kick because on a bigger system the kick will behave differently than on my small speakers in my empty reverberation living room =).
When you record your patch, do you use a limiter or a compressor (since the thread is about this) that you only use for the recording? So not when monitoring (playing/jamming and listening live to it)? That could explain the difference in sound. There must be something different, otherwise there would not be a difference.
Or do you listen to your recorded track on a different system?
I would keep it simple: if you find the kick too loud in a recording, just turn it down in the mix and record again. And in live situations you just use your faders to taste 
I dont use a limiter or a compressor yet. I will observe next time I jam but I would say right now that I dont everything is exactly the same. I use another software to listen to the jams though, and that can cause a difference maybe.
A screenshot of your patch could also help diagnose the problem. Maybe a routing problem where there is a difference between whats going to the audio module as to whats going to the recording module.
Just a thought.
Because theoretically, if you listen back on the same system and same monitors, it should be identical, unless there is clipping during recording, or your playback apps have some custom sound setting.
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