I'm quite surprised Alan Parsons never mentions side-chainning kick and toms signals onto the bass compressor for low-end control, not even in the "Mixing" movies. I mean, it's not that I think he should do it, but I'd really like to hear his opinion about this technique. What would be the other reasonable approaches towards low-end issues, besides arrangement?
There are many techniques used for bass management and ducking is just one of them. Can't say I've ever had to use ducking though, I prefer more subtle methods.