silly little loop

make my bassdrum sound better
http://www.datascapemusic.com/music/technodumb5m.mp3

EQ it? Compress?

what does the kick sample sound like to begin with?

sounds like you got too much high end going on...

sub bass will help a lot to even out the sound.

as already mentioned, compression and eq, read some of the older posts in this section and you will learn alot

and just a wee bit of reverb.

actually, reverb is a bad idea. makes the low end muddy as hell.

depends on how you use it. keep it VERY minimal--and small--and it can add a bit of size. put too much and, as you said, it goes muddy.