Brett McCoy wrote:
  ... that's what I use -- CC#7 for overall track
volume and CC#11 for
 individual notes. But... use whatever works for you! I guess the
 deciding issue is if you use #7 for notes, then later decide you need
 to raise the overall level of the track, how do you do it? You'd have
 to edit all of your CC#7 automation.
    
No problem, my sequencer include a controller mapping function. :)  All
modern sequencers should include such a function.
Best,
dp