ok, i will try not to make this too long.... first my setup:
--compaq 1712us (933 celeron, 512mb ram, 20g HD)
--mini me serial # 020611 (bought about a month ago from a large
"guitar" center
--apogee's latest usb drivers (ver 2.0.
--wavelab 4.0
--soundforge 5.0
--soundforge 6.0
when i bought the minime, i was under the impression (i don't know
how) that it is possible to do 24/96 over usb with the minime if
everything is exactly right, and the stars are aligned with the
moon... (and if that's the case, then you should be buying lottery
tix as well....) i thought that apogee backed off that claim when
they realized that it was a crapshoot, and they couldn't guarantee
and support it...
when i read the manual, it stated that it is not supported, and could
be implemented in the future... i called gary, and he said the
minime was not set up (internally) to do 24/96 via usb.... i was
kinda bummed, but decided to try it anyways... my first test was in
soundforge, and i got it to work right away, recording almost 45
minutes of flawless audio. i then tried it in wavelab, but kept
getting n error saying that "my audio hardware doesnot support 96k"
i called gary back, and he was supprised that i got it to work in
soundforge. he admitted that he has never tried the minime in SF,
and would have to check it out because "internally the minime is not
setup to do 96k over usb..."
i next called the new "computer specialist" at a western USA tapers
store
and he admitted that he was under the same impression that i was,
about the mini me beaing able to do it, but since there was so many
problems, apogee backed off the claim.. he told me that he has also
done it successfully (only a few times out of many tries) and it
boils down (in his case, and opinion) to getting the usb drivers to
work with your usb chipset. he told me to try and re-install the
drivers manually, one at a time, and see if that helps.... well, i
did that, and now it won't work under soundforge anymore, but - it
works like a charm in wavelab 4.0.
i have recorded about 20-25 hours total ( a bunch of 1 1/2 hour sets
of local bands), and haven't had any problems yet..... i have yet to
dither any of them down to cd, but i have opened them up in both
wavelab and soundforge 6.0, and done some editing with no know flaws
what so ever!!
when i open them up in either program, they are listed as 24/96 sound
files, so i don't think that they are actually 24/48 to answer your
question.... if that was the case, then wouldn't i get the same
"chipmunk effect" as when you open a 48k file as a 44.1 (kinda sped
up...?)
steve
steve@phatdats.com