I could almost ditto, everything you just said. Here is the order I do it in, I guess the same.

1.) Starting with everything down, get the drums as good as I can get them.

2. Bring up the bass so it sits perfectly with the drums.

3. Bring up the vocals so they sit on top of all of this but not too much. EQ as is necessary with just these three.

4. Start folding in other stuff with about the same levels as you mentioned.

5. Render with sufficient headroom to fiddle later in post production or "mastering." (Whole 'nother thread on that going on in Beginners Forum.)

It is easy to get this wrong. An electric guitar mix that was just a little too high but sounded great when your face was in front of the speakers or you were wearing headphones sure can sound horribly loud when you play it in the car.

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Those numbers you cited are excellent base reference points.

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