Thanks for getting back to me meta- it is a strange one- the card (a Creative Labs Audigy 2 NX- can’t believe it works with the iPad!) is capable of 24-bit 96kHz recording with two channels, or the default setting, 16-bit 44.1kHz has up to 8 inputs. Your point about there being no ASIO/CoreAudio panel is a good one. That would be great for a birds eye view on what the configuration is. Still- I was using the sound card for audio only- all recording was from onboard output from the apps mentioned- there was no IO sample rate conversion, but I will definitely try the save media workaround, just to establish whats going on. Thanks 