Not receiving much signal from audio on faders

[remusjacobs]

Im not receiving much signal on my faders from anything that goes in the DI's.
for vocals my signal goes only up to about -12db and for any of my synths it only goes up to -25db.
for vocals im going U87>avalon 737> apogee ensemble.
for synths im going Synth>Art MPA pro II> apogee ensemble.
No matter how hard I boost the gain or output on either pre amp the signal still doesnt exceed those Decibels.
It used to work fine when i was using pro tools 9 but im not sure why it does this with 10. I used to be clipping if my gains were too high.
I dont have any limiters or plugins on my tracks either.
(NOTE: Vitual instruments show accurate/strong signals on faders)
If anybody knows a solution to this i would appreciate the help.
thanks