Recording too loudly

[Adept_Glitter8895]

Why is Audition recording room atmosphere and voiceover too loudly? Wavelengths of quiet room atmosphere (white noise) are HUGE and voiceover volume is recording so high it is off the charts and so loud it sounds like speakers turned up full blast. My settings in both software and hardware have not changed since my last recording session about a week ago when everything acted normally. There appears to be no solution for this. Does anyone have an idea of what could be going wrong? 

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

Audition records very faithfully what it has been sent by your sound device (which you haven't specified). That is the only place that recording gain can be altered, whether it's an internal or external device. But without knowing anything at all about your setup - is this a Mac or a PC? - we can't offer any more support until you give us more details.