Hello Vipin, > Can you point me to the conditions when multiple streams can be created. WinAMP, DirectSound plugin, hardware acceleration enabled. > how can we disable mixing in the kernel mixer With MME interface, there is no way. For DirectSound, application should use hardware-accelerated buffers. For WASAPI, try to use the exclusive mode. > is the same true for capture streams also. For capture streams, MME/DirectSound always use KMixer. Maybe WASAPI in the exclusive mode will help. Regards, Eugene ****************** WDMAUDIODEV addresses: Post message: mailto:wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subscribe: mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe Unsubscribe: mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Moderator: mailto:wdmaudiodev-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx URL to WDMAUDIODEV page: http://www.wdmaudiodev.com/