Pro-Ject Debut III USB Preamp Advice Options

[Engelsstaub]

I have the turntable mentioned in the title. I suppose it's no big news that the USB-out is sometimes too loud (no gain adjustment) with some vinyl (which results in clipping,) especially nearly every double-LP I own. Much to my dismay it also happens with a few regular ones like my mint original-pressing Black Sabbath "Mob Rules." For about 70% of my LPs it's fine, though "limited" to 16-bit resolution for recording.

My questions are these:

Would it be feasible to use something like the M-Audio Firewire Solo Amazon to record my needledrops from the preamp's RCA-outs to my Macintosh? (I'm using VinylStudio and it's pretty great IME.) If so, would I be able to effectively do so at 24-bit? (I don't imagine I hear any difference, but would like to do so for editing purposes.)

Any recommendations/good advice is greatly appreciated. (I wish I had researched this TT before I bought it. I'm considering trading it in later and getting a regular Debut III or something else in their line-up for under 800 USD...that's just not going to happen anytime really soon. I'm otherwise pleased with this TT's performance, so I wouldn't mind coming up with a good workaround. I get great results with many records and the hardware/software combingation.)

Pretty new to digitizing vinyl, so please forgive my ignorance.

[Engelsstaub]

Yes, this and a few other records seem to clip in VinylStudio when the slider is maxed (and the on board soundcard's is maxed as well.)

I'm researching some Tascam solutions at the moment (and trying to make a lasagna! ) to definitively ascertain if the volume adjustments are done in the analog domain (prior to AD conversion.) I got some info from a member that seems to indicate that this is indeed the case.

None of this is terribly urgent to me, but I need to research what I need so I can hopefully get on with it within about a month or two.