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title: Monitoring Tab
menu_title: Monitoring Tab
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<p>
  Provides options affecting monitoring.
</p>

<img src="/files/a4/a4_session_properties_monitoring.png" alt="session properties monitoring tab"/>

<p>
  The <strong>Track Input Monitoring automatically follows transport state</strong>
  affects how input monitoring is handling. See 
  <a href="/recording/monitoring/monitor-setup-in-ardour/">Monitor Setup in Ardour</a>.
</p>

<img class="left" src="/files/a4/a4_monitoring_section.png" alt="monitoring section"/>

<p>
  The 'Use monitor section' displays an extra section in the <strong>Mixer</strong> 
  window that is modelled on the similiarly named section on large analog consoles.
</p>