17-06-2014, 09:41 AM
As far as your question about there being more than two tracks of kick, snare OH, etc is for tone blending,it's a very common practice in recording. It's up to you to blend in what the audio engineer recorded based on what the artist has in mind as far as the sound they are going for. As far as mastering, I would not even attempt that yet, consentrate in mixing, get your ears trained on the mixing part first. That said, your mix was way over compressed it was very squashed. Just keep practicing, the really good mix engineers mix 10 to 12 hours a day for 20 years or so, it's a craft that needs time to improve just like everything else. So keep at it!