I would
like to ask you is there an application where i could use
vumeters while I'm making a recording.
If you are using jack, then meterbridge is what you want.
If you are not using jack, you should consider switching since meterbridge
is what you want.
If you can get them to work with your setup there are all kinds of vst
meters.
There's this... tho' I don't know if it's what you're looking for:
And... of course, there's this:
If you want to spend a little extra cash there's these:
{And I founf bunches of places that sell themused whilst searching for these}
If you take a quick look in the sound sections of deslect there's
all sorts of stuff listed for windowmaker XMMS, etc...