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That's actually the answer I needed! This implies that the recording apps shouldn't be attenuating anything and I should look elsewhere. I'm using Audacity and OBS to test recordings from the virtual devices of Voicemeeter and GoXLR attached to the hardware of a no-name USB DAC and the GoXLR. Maybe ...

I've noticed this with multiple different kinds of hardware, recording software, and playback software, so I assume this is a general behavior of Windows, but I've never had it explained to me. I thought I would ask here because I assume the best of the best experts are here. For example, if you rec...