Recording on a Soundblaster to MediaSou

I'm having trouble using MediaSource (version 2.0.04) for recording. I have no problems recording my digital piano in MediaSource, using both the "Line In" and "What U Hear" settings, but when I try to record my guitar (using an actual guitar pickup) or a mic (talking into it), it records extremely quitely. Even at 00% recording and 00% sound output ... I literally have to max out my speakers output to even hear it at all, which isn't good as I want to record both my piano & guitar simultaneously, and there's no way I will ever hear the guitar this way.
I operate on Windows XP, but that hasn't been causing any problems as far as I can tell.
Has anyone else run into this problem, or have an idea how to fix it's
Thanks in advance!
Kaylendra

I think you're in the wrong forum as this is for MP3 players. If Creative don't move the post try reposting in a soundcard forum.

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