auto hard limiting to -7db

[Tal]

Since installing a new soundcard in the computer (an audio science card) cool edit is automatically limiting anything i record (through a mixer) to -7db - I have no idea if this is somehow directly related to the new sound card or if I somehow managed to trigger some setting or other within cool edit - either way, I need to stop it doing this - any advice appreciated

I should add too that I'm a novice to all this

[ozpeter]

Cool Edit simply records what the sound card passes it, via the sound card's mixer (or windows mixer, whichever is applicable). Try recording with the windows sound recorder or the like to see what happens if you eliminate Cool Edit from the equation as a test.