>Hi all
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>I have this line-in rec. problem. I have set the recording volume for line-in to a bare minimum (almost 1 pixel high) yet the sound that comes over the wire and into the recorder software is high, still a few sounds crash the ceiling of the VU meter.
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>Any advise on this.

The source signal has to be in a specific range for line-in to work properly. Maybe the source signal has too high amplitude?