Samson Softpre applet doesn't work under Leopard

I am a podcaster. I bought the Samson C01U microphone last year as I was told at that time it was the best in the entry-level for someone that was considering podcasting. There's an applet that is offered by Samson that allows Input Level Meter, Volume control, High-pass filter and Phase Switch. Every recording sounded great when I combine this applet with GarageBand.

Recently, I switched to Leopard and the applet doesn't work anywore. Worse, recording audio with that mic gives me radically inferior quality. When I asked Samson about that matter, the support tech guy told me that there was no intention on porting this software on the new operating system, with the following: "The Soft Pre applet is merely a volume control. There is no difference in sound with or without the Soft Pre. All Samson USB mics were designed to be fully operational without the Soft Pre applet."

I've googled the matter several times with no one else noticing the matter but myself. Christoph Drösser on a previous discussion told me that he had no such problem, but the difference between his setup and mine is that he upgraded to Leopard while mine was a fresh install. Anyone else in a similar situation?

Message was edited by: Laurent LaSalle