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Why would you not use the VU meter for that?



I hear them before you ask them lol.

It gives you a history at a glance, you can't stare at the VU meters while playing an instrument on singing
to capture a split second where the audio might go hot.
If you miss it then you will see it only after you have recorded the whole track in the wave form
how it is now.
Where as with the wave form being draw as you record you can't go wrong.

I'm just trying to make things easier not more difficult.