i use fl studio. i keep kicks at -10db, same with snares but i layered 3 samples iirc and i might saturated one of them a little too much. next time i'll just render them as one sample. bass is -10 or -12, percussions on -16, hihats and shakers at -20db.

i make sure track peaks at -6 on master then i render it and tweak track in audacity. when it starts clipping i compress whole waveform but i could mess it up this time.