diff --git a/src/AudioIO.cpp b/src/AudioIO.cpp
index f00911c99..71160468e 100644
--- a/src/AudioIO.cpp
+++ b/src/AudioIO.cpp
@@ -3570,44 +3570,10 @@ int audacityAudioCallback(const void *inputBuffer, void *outputBuffer,
 
          if (len > 0) {
             for( t = 0; t < numCaptureChannels; t++) {
-               
-               // dmazzoni:
-               // Un-interleave.  Ugly special-case code required because the
-               // capture channels could be in three different sample formats;
-               // it'd be nice to be able to call CopySamples, but it can't
-               // handle multiplying by the gain and then clipping.  Bummer.
-
-               switch(gAudioIO->mCaptureFormat) {
-               case floatSample: {
-                  float *inputFloats = (float *)inputBuffer;
-                  for( i = 0; i < len; i++)
-                     tempFloats[i] =
-                        inputFloats[numCaptureChannels*i+t];
-               } break;
-               case int24Sample:
-                  // We should never get here. Audacity's int24Sample format
-                  // is different from PortAudio's sample format and so we
-                  // make PortAudio return float samples when recording in
-                  // 24-bit samples.
-                  wxASSERT(false);
-                  break;
-               case int16Sample: {
-                  short *inputShorts = (short *)inputBuffer;
-                  short *tempShorts = (short *)tempBuffer;
-                  for( i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-                     float tmp = inputShorts[numCaptureChannels*i+t];
-                     if (tmp > 32767)
-                        tmp = 32767;
-                     if (tmp < -32768)
-                        tmp = -32768;
-                     tempShorts[i] = (short)(tmp);
-                  }
-               } break;
-               } // switch
-               
-               gAudioIO->mCaptureBuffers[t]->Put((samplePtr)tempBuffer,
+               gAudioIO->mCaptureBuffers[t]->Put(((samplePtr)inputBuffer) + (t * SAMPLE_SIZE(gAudioIO->mCaptureFormat)),
                                                  gAudioIO->mCaptureFormat,
-                                                 len);
+                                                 len,
+                                                 numCaptureChannels);
             }
          }
       }
diff --git a/src/RingBuffer.cpp b/src/RingBuffer.cpp
index 1d491113a..e38e44277 100644
--- a/src/RingBuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/RingBuffer.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ int RingBuffer::AvailForPut()
 }
 
 int RingBuffer::Put(samplePtr buffer, sampleFormat format,
-                    int samplesToCopy)
+                    int samplesToCopy, int stride /* = 1 */)
 {
    samplePtr src;
    int block;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ int RingBuffer::Put(samplePtr buffer, sampleFormat format,
       
       CopySamples(src, format,
                   mBuffer + pos * SAMPLE_SIZE(mFormat), mFormat,
-                  block);
+                  block, true, stride);
 
       src += block * SAMPLE_SIZE(format);
       pos = (pos + block) % mBufferSize;
diff --git a/src/RingBuffer.h b/src/RingBuffer.h
index b29d79412..77d76e153 100644
--- a/src/RingBuffer.h
+++ b/src/RingBuffer.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class RingBuffer {
    //
 
    int AvailForPut();
-   int Put(samplePtr buffer, sampleFormat format, int samples);
+   int Put(samplePtr buffer, sampleFormat format, int samples, int stride = 1);
 
    //
    // For the reader only: