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This tab contains settings for handling audio.
Buffering settings determine how many seconds of audio off of disk will be buffered in memory. Longer settings reduce the risk of buffer under-runs but consume more memory. The default value is 5.0 seconds.
Playback sets how many seconds of audio Ardour will buffer during playback.
Recording sets how many seconds of audio Ardour will buffer during recording.
Monitoring
Record monitoring handled by: determines whether Ardour provides monitoring of incoming audio or whether monitoring is provided by hardware. See Monitoring for more information.
Tape machine mode when enabled defaults new audio tracks to tape machine mode. See Track Types for more information.
Conection of tracks and busses
Auto-connect master/monitor busses
Connect track inputs:
Connect track and bus outputs:
Denormals
Use DC bias to protect against denormals
Processor handling
Plugins
Silence plugins when the transport is stopped
Make new plugins active
Regions
Enable automatic analysis of audio
Replicate missing region channels