[Ben Jenssen]

SD2!!!!
I think the last time I used that program was late last century! So I'm not shure what you mean when you mention Hardware Setup.

Anyway, if all you want is to increase the level of a file so that its highest peak is near maximum, what you want is Normalize in the Audiosuite menu. Set it to something like -1db or -0.5db and there you go.

I read your post again. I think you might be talking about your settings for recording these tapes. Well, just make shure you aren't hitting 0dbfs, and then chop them up and use Normalize on each song later.