I am a newb, sorta, so bear with me.
Ok, heres what I do.
Set up my mics and position my instrument voice, etc.
Set my faders on my mixer to 0 db.
Set my faders in Sonar to 0 db.
Test the mic and set my gain on the mixer till im hitting around -12 db in sonar.
Record.
Mix, then bump my...