Hello Matthew, > if CurrentCount < PossibleCount, but CurrentCount > the number of > instances the audio subsystem has itself opened, it will likewise > fail with "device in use", since something outside of the audio > subsystem is using the device. Therefore, to avoid this check and let Audio Subsystem use any available pin instance, it is enough not to support KSPROPERTY_PIN_CINSTANCES? 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/