Recording problem

by Hemse
(Denmark)

Hi! I've been recording for a year now and bands have alreaddy come for my help to record their demo's and praised my quality... (love it! :P )

I'm also a serious musician making loads of music, lyrics, riff, beats and so on...

TIP: I resently discovered that if recording two layers on everything. vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard etc. and afterwards panerate them each one way you make a Blast/dynamic effect. which can make it (almost) super quality! (really awsome for heavy metal)

but I have a problem with the final result volume. even though the gain is on top and amplifiers are turned up. the volume is way to low on mp3/wave...

and cubase says that while I'm mixing it should be turned down. but when I export to wave/mp3, it should be at least three times lauder.

could it be problems with my hardware or software?

my hardware is Tascam FW-1804 (bascally), and a bunch of instruments... oh... and my com...
the software I use is cubase LE (for recording and mixing)
Guitar pro 5 (for making midi files on beats and keyboard/synth)
Fruity loops studio 8 (for enhancing the midi files or making rap beats)