Rick, I use Polderbits, and have not experienced, or at least not noticed such an extreme volume difference as you describe. It does seem that the level indicator in Polderbits is not perfectly in sync with my soundcard...that is, in my case, the system vu-meter might be peaking slightly before it shows on the Polderbits meter. If you open your system's mixer, and Polderbits at the same time, you can watch both meters and get a handle on how close they are calibrated. Maybe Polderbits is showing your recording levels higher than what they really are. If this is the case, I would trust the system vu-meter. At least on my system, the system mixer's controls will adjust Polderbits, and vice versa....they are linked.
Another thought....when you record, and then play back the file before burning, leaving the monitor volume untouched, how is the volume? What I mean is, is the volume loss happening during recording, or burning? (in which case maybe you can adjust normalization in your burn program)[This message was edited by Tommy Mc on 17 June 2002 at 12:42 PM.]
