Hey guys,

Thanks for your input. Scott Yee contacted me about this and stepped me through the process. I switched to a new program to record the .wav file (Sound Forge) and it SEEMS to be working pretty darn good as I've noticed a big boost in the volume of my recording.

HOWEVER...here is what I also told Scott. I'm still questionable about the overall quality of it because...

From what I read in the help file, Sound Forge says to get as close as possible to 0 DB without going over. Well, I did that and I believe that it is working properly...but I'm still questionable and here's why:

It has TWO meters: one is the Peak Meter which is NEVER supposed to go over 0 and the other is the VU/PPM meter. It says the VU/PPM meter should fall near 0 (reference mark) for some reason... My VU/PPM meter goes clear up to 8 but what is interesting is that the Peak Meter does not exceed 0 DB. I burned it to CD and tested it on a number of CD players and it sounded fine...but I'm not sure if that's the case though. And my highest peak level is -0.2 I'm not sure if that's recommended or not, but it sounds fine to me. I opened the .wav file in WaveStudio out of curiosity and it was in the red many times...but Sound Forge just explains that as long as it doesn't go over 0.0 DB it's fine. Is that the case? Is it okay that I my music goes into the red as long as it doesn't go over -0.0 DB?

Thanks for the help Scott and everyone - I REALLY appreciate it!

Ryan