There are no fixed rules. Just comes down to a decision on what the listener should be hearing.

Sounds like you are the arranger and producer as well as recording engineer. Therefore, you get to decide how the levels are set based on what you want the listener to hear.

Otherwise, I have always been told - the producer has the final word, but that's you!


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