how loud should a typical track be........?

[troublemakers]

-3 to -4 works like a charm, throw a limiter and maximizer on there and wala, crispy shizzles! I also never shit on my mixdown either, i mix as i compose. A lot of producers will compress each track, bounce, then import, then do a final mixdown and then compress again.

 

[Elzerk]

i master all my tracks to -1000 dB to insure for crisp dynamics. it makes them ultra listenable.

Yup, a lot of dynamics there.