Audio options, good better best?

If "good" is normal CD quality, would using the "better" or "best" option just be overkill and a waste of space? Or is "better" or "best" really a better option?
also
Any ideas about an optimum "input volume"? Mine is set at 72%. I am importing from a 4-track cassette.
Thanks for your time. Just trying to get the little things right.

when im done recording several tracks i will solo through each track in my headphones adjusting the volume level to the point where the entire track only spikes red a couple times if at all. then I go back and click on the volume automation and set the db down at the spikes about a db or so at a time until they are in the yellow. after doing all the tracks i play the whole song again and watch for any spikes. usually they occur when a hard kick or snare shot is accompanied by a hard chord strike and/or bass note at the same time. i then adjust the volume with a small db down spike to get the level down right at the instance. this is the best I could figure out since GB doesnt have any mixing console or busing. also I lock and hard pan any live instrument recordings to render them to the hard drive thus relieving the processor a bit. I dont lock the software instrument tracks because they are already rendered. I noticed when I locked all tracks the processor would load up and cause more spiking in the tracks when trying to "master" them one at a time, therein being my reason for locking only real inst. tracks. its time consuming but it worked better for me than trying to lower the recording levels also as the end result was a closer volume match on final mix when doing my ghetto mastering technique. also every time you spike and adjust the volume and you are still in the red you must check the level meters for master and instrument track and click the little red boxes to reset the channel or you may still experience distortion after you have lowered the level.
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