Audiophile 2496 running at 192kHz?

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I downloaded the Rightmark Audio Analyzer and ran the available modes test. I get the following for the Audiophile 24/96 from M-Audio.

.........................44.1 48 96 192
8 bits....................X...X...X...X
16 bits..................X...X...X...X
24 bits..................X...X...X...X
32 4-byte..............X...X...X...X
32 IEEE float..........X...X...X...X

Anyone know how to access the 192 mode? The M-Audio drivers only allow me access up to 96 in Sonar. Are there any 3rd party drivers for making the jump to 192?

Just playing around here to run some tests. If anyone knows of a way to access 192 let me know.
 
first off sonar can only do 96 at the current moment...so you would need to find another program which offers 192 maybe sonar 3 will?

or you can check out samplitude 7 it does any and all sample rates and it kills sonar in the audio department IMO.. YMMV
 
Well then I guess the next question is...

Is anyone out there accessing 192 using Samplitude on the Audiophile 24/96? Or, for that matter, any other software program?

Thanks for the heads up on that Teacher.
 
I'm pretty sure the Audiphile's ADC can only do 96 kHz...

The numbers in that RAA tool show WAV file format possibilities. Software might be able to upsample from 96kHz by doubling each sample -- that is, maiking the file have twice as many samples by copying each sample and inserting each copy halfway between it and the next. But the ADCs are what they are.
 
The test says, "Test supported sound card modes" nothing about wave file creation. It's just that it appears to be a hardware capability test. That's why I am curios to do some exploration.

I doubt anyone has done any tweaking in this area but man it sure would be fun to play with.

Another thought is, even though the ADDA chip has a 192 capability, the supporting circuit is porbably only designed for 96 playback and record.
 
Gidge thanks for that data.

I think I see where the RMAA results may be getting their numbers. There is a double speed mode on the chip and I think their software is making some assumptions that 96 x 2 = 192 speed. Although that is not really specified in the chip technical specs.

Interestingly enough though the chip has the following speeds:

44.1
48
with double speed engaged
88.2
96

So, I assume that Sonar is not able to access that 88.1 speed which is too bad because it might dither down better to 44.1 than the 96 speed.

All assumptions by the way, still not sure why the RMAA analyzer is pulling 192 as a viable option for this chip.
 
You sure it just doesn't show 192 for any card? There was another post here a week or two ago where somebody thought the kX drivers for the SoundBlaster Audigy were capable of 192 kHz because Cool Edit let them save the file that way...
 
AlChuck, your close to the truth I think. I ran the Motherboard sound card through the test and got the same results. So, the software is not really pinging the board I think.

Darn, thought I had discovered some unknown tweek. The specs on the chip that Gidge linked to tell the real story.
 
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