Thanks for the reply guys.
justanoldmuso: Yes, the image in the website you provided is my unit.
I had no idea the click was a metronome, and it now is disabled, problem 1 solved!

I have not read the manual; didn't know there was one online. I searched the PGMusic website, found it and will be reading it in the coming days.

I am inputting into the 208i on Channel 1 on the front face, and yes it does have a gain knob. I increased the gain from 12 o'clock to 3 o'clock and now when I record I get a ton of distortion and red in the RB track.
Also on the 208i I have it set to Inst(Instrument). In fact other than the change I made to the gain, as near as I can tell everything is set identical to when I made successful recordings with Audacity.

I cannot post back with a pic of anything. A few days ago I chatted with "Ember" at PGMusic after I discovered that a simple copy and paste of images do not work at this forum. He/she said I need to use and "upload website". I told "Ember" that I don't know what that is and can you suggest one. Ember said they cannot recommend a website.

So can one of you guys tell me how to post pics?

Until I read the manual I can't tell if I'm WAS or ASIO

rharv, just like in Audacity, my MP3 audio is on Channel 1 and my bass is on Channel 2.

Microphone Fader: Audio Setting (lower right hand corner)/Recording Devices/Select "Microphone 208i Series Default Device" with green check mark/Properties/Select the "Level" tab/ You will see the Microphone Fader here.

Options/Preferences/Audio: Audio Driver Type is set to MME

justanoldmuso, I just discovered where the WAS and ASIO settings are. What should it be? I'm thinking this is indeed a setup problem.

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