How do you know exactly how "hot" you're recording in Reaper

[jonny deep]

Exactly what I wanted to know... cheers Jonny.... sorry to hear you've split up with the missus...

Had a feeling it was .

Not to worry, I've got another French bit at home.

[fat_fleet]

It is only the 4.0 skin that doesn't have numbers on the individual track displays.
You can revert to the 3.0 skin in preferences which is what I did.

A user here made a new 4.0 skin with numbered track readouts. I haven't tried it.
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