Robert, don't pay any mind to Dan. He's probably just having a bad day.
Welcome to the forum.
The only dumb question is the one you don't ask.
ChefMike, DonB and CJay all offer good advice. You "received" the tracks. As in, you did not record them?
If you received them, then CJay's gain answer is the best, including the clone/backup. You must listen for noise.
If you recorded them, then recheck the gain structure from the mic to the disk.
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All that being said, I keep my stuff down -12 to -16 or so.
No real religious rules here, just far away from -0.
Plenty of headroom. We have lots of it to spare, so use it.
This is where the fidelity resides. Away from -0.
You can always smash the crap out of it later with compression/limiting.
