Windows will inject a software mute control if the driver does not provide a hardware mute control. If you look at the filter nodes in KS Studio you can tell whether the driver is exposing a hardware mute, or you can call IAudioEndpointVolume::QueryHardwareSupport from an app. From: wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bartosik Lukasz-ALB045 Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 6:01 AM To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [wdmaudiodev] USB Audio specification - feature unit question Hello, I've got a question related to behavior of feature unit in Windows 7. I have a feature unit which supports only volume control for master channel: ===>Audio Control Feature Unit Descriptor<=== bLength: 0x09 bDescriptorType: 0x24 bDescriptorSubtype: 0x06 bUnitID: 0x06 bSourceID: 0x05 bControlSize: 0x01 bmaControls[0]: 02 bmaControls[1]: 00 iFeature: 0x00 And when I go to "Levels" tab in properties for that audio device the volume slider is there, however there is also mute control enabled even though configuration of feature unit advertised support for volume only. Any clues why mute control is not disabled ? Thanks, Lukasz