Hi, and welcome. Getting stuff ready for playing through a PA what I do is render the tracks and put them in a DAW. In the DAW I mix the song to ensure the Volume and Tonal Balances are what I want. I also check the parts are played how I like them. Maybe move parts around the song. Lift parts and lower others to make it sound the way I want.

The final stage is played via a LUFS (Loudness Units to Full Scale) meter. This ensures the volume level is correct and consistent. It also makes sure each track is about the same level wise. That avoids the need of going for the volume knob each song.

Note: that is what I do, not all do it this way. I actually go a step further and convert to MP3 at 320Kb/s. I’m not that concerned about the minor losses after all it is going into a PA to a noisy audience that would not hear the difference.

Have fun.

Tony

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