Although it has been with us since Windows 3.0, MME has still its place in the world of audio on Windows. That's what I been thinking today as I found myself adding two small new features to n-Track related to MME audio I/O. MME is certainly not the audio driver format that offers the greatest performance or features, but it is reliable and thanks to the Windows kernel mixer allows seamless and painless coexistance of audio outputs and inputs from and to multiple programs. Of course the kernel mixer is also what makes MME inadequate for low latency operation, so I guess it is ultimately a good thing that we have multiple driver models to choose from.
As with buildings software gains respectability with age... I remember criticizing it years ago for its complexity and lack of performance, but now I think of it as a good old friend, just like when I hear some good old '80s hit song playing on the radio