Problem recording

I'm a relative newbie at this, so here's what I've done.
I recorded a rhythm track with no problem, this is all audio I'm talking about no midi.
Next I recorded part of the vocal....no problem on it's own track. I'm using head phones and I'm recording directly into my Mac....no interface. Everything is going great.
Here's the problem.
On the same vocal track, towards the end of the song I started to record again. Not a punch-in, just starting to record again "on the same vocal track".
The volume is now at least 50% lower maybe more on playback, When I'm recording, everything sounds fine just as it did before. All of the settings are the same, nothing was touched.
I read the section in the manual on recording and I can't see what I'm doing wrong.
I know nothing about plug-ins or limiters etc. I touched none of this stuff.
High frustration.
thanks
Peter

Hi,
try using the sample editor to explore the two recordings. Are they appearing at the same level? Are there any very loud pops or clicks that stand out from the average waveform? If so, you have to remove these pops and clicks. Maybe manually is the best way. Make a backup first, then apply the normalize function. Hear each of the two vocal samples separately to make sure they have the same loudness.
Go back to the arrange window: Is it still too quiet? What level is the channelstrip's fader at? How much db's are being displayed by the level meter?
If everything else is set, you could now introduce a compressor - just to have another means of lifting gain up to where you want to have it. Set the compressor to Opto or VCA or what you like. Don't use more than 1:2 compression rate for the first try - you won't want to crunch the sound to pieces for now.
Enable the limiter of the compressor - set to 0db
Set treshold to about -10db.
Set Gain to "Auto Gain"
Now set the Gain slider to 0 db.
Compare the sound with the original by using the bypass button.
Try more compression, but i would never use more than 1:4 on a vocal track. If you still get no hearable effect, lower the treshold to -15db instead.
Always check the Level meters. They should not go above 0db. If you record with 24 bit, you could even leave a headroom of -6db to start with.
Fox

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