>> I would like to ask you is there an application where i could use >> vumeters while I'm making a recording. I don't know what desktop you use, but krecord is a (very) simple recorder with 2 types of graphic level meters. Although, all you can do is Record, Playback and save the WAV to disk. There's no way to edit the WAV once you record it. But I use it when I just want to do a quick recording. It also has a "Record Trigger" so You can press Record and it wont start recording until it hears sound. It offers different trigger levels for whatever job you need to do. And it allows you to choose from 8 bit, 16 bit, Mono, Sterio and a variety of sampling rates. Rocco