I'm about to get back into the saddle and pick up csound after about a year's hiatus.  I had two problems before that frustrated me enough to set aside the program:

1) I'd make files and share them with others. It would be loud enough to hurt my ears with headphones on my PC, but others would complain they couldn't hear anything with the volume turned up. 

2) Sometimes, my impression is that I would have multiple things going on and it would be maxed-out distorted.

Can't win.

Is there a guideline for
i) what volume level to shoot for (see, it's so long since I touched the program i've forgotten the right term).

ii) what you have to do when more than one instrument is playing-- do you say have to plan to cut each one's volume in half so total <= 1000 or something?

Thanks for any help.