I have bought an M-Audio Audiphile 2496 card for the purpose of recording my vinyl collection to hard disk at the full 24/96 resolution this card offers

Two recording software products I have experimented with: Peak 3.1 and AudioX appear to only allow a maximum 48/16 resolution for recording.

The only "effect" I need is to "de-pop and tick" the sound, and I need to manage LP's down to track level segements for playlists. Thus I am reluctant to shell out several $100's for packages with many features I will never use.

I want to keep the audio at 24/96 uncompressed and play them into my DAC in my stereo system (which can handle this resolution).

I am looking for a good value solution that will allow high quality tick and pop removal with minimal sound degredation, but which will still allow me to record (and play) at 24/96.

Recommendations please??

Many thanks

Oliver Reid