<img class="right" src="/images/ardour-monitoring.png" />
<p>With the <dfn>software monitoring</dfn> approach, all monitoring is
performed by Ardour—it makes track inputs available at track
outputs, governed by various controls. This approach will almost always have
more routing flexibility than JACK-based monitoring. The disadvantage is
that there will be some latency between the input and the output, which
<img class="right" src="/images/ardour-monitoring.png" />
<p>With the <dfn>software monitoring</dfn> approach, all monitoring is
performed by Ardour—it makes track inputs available at track
outputs, governed by various controls. This approach will almost always have
more routing flexibility than JACK-based monitoring. The disadvantage is
that there will be some latency between the input and the output, which