Are there any plans to bring Vegas ( and SF)up to the current WDM driver level of operation, to enable the benefits of that as opposed to the less efficient obsolete MME driver standard ?
Even when using the WAVEFORMAT Extensible under Win2000, because of the bug in Win2000, you will not "get" 24 bits worth of data. Vegas correctly opens the device and the device will be opened correctly at 24 bits. Windows' KMIXER truncates the data back to 16 bit, though it is sent to Vegas as 24 bits.
As soon as I know MS has released the fix, I will post it here and every where else!!
As Peter has stated, XP works great right out the box, especially with audio. No need for service packs, like with W2K. It will do 24bit with VEGAS 3.0, ACID 3.0, and SF5.0 with WDM(Delta 66). I have had no issues with stability or audio quality using any of the aforementioned apps. If you have W2K/XP drivers available for your hardware, XP is the logical choice. I've seen XP Home Edition on www.pricewatch.com for as low as $64.00.