WDM Audio Components

This section describes the system-supplied Microsoft Windows Driver Model (WDM) audio components. These are software components that are included with the operating system. These components support ISA, PCI, and USB audio devices and provide the software interfaces through which application programs control and monitor these devices. The following topics are discussed:

User-Mode WDM Audio Components

Kernel-Mode WDM Audio Components

Wave and DirectSound Components

MIDI and DirectMusic Components

Virtual Audio Devices