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-layout: default
-title: Audio Tab
-menu_title: Audio Tab
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-
-<p>
-  This tab contains settings for handling audio.
-</p>
-
-<img src="/images/a4_preferences_audio.png" alt="preferences
-audio tab"/>
-
-<ul>
-
-  <li>
-    <p>
-      <strong>Buffering</strong> 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&nbsp;seconds.
-    </p>
-
-    <ul>
-      <li>
-       <p>
-         <strong>Playback</strong> sets how many seconds of audio Ardour will
-         buffer during playback.
-       </p>
-      </li>
-      <li>
-       <p>
-         <strong>Recording</strong> sets how many seconds of audio Ardour will
-         buffer during recording.
-       </p>
-      </li>
-    </ul>
-  </li>
-
-  <li>
-    <p>
-      <strong>Monitoring</strong>
-    </p>
-    <ul>
-      <li>
-       <p>
-         <strong>Record monitoring handled by:</strong> determines whether
-         Ardour provides monitoring of incoming audio or whether
-         monitoring is provided by hardware.  See
-         <a href="/recording/monitoring/">Monitoring</a> for more information.
-       </p>
-      </li>
-      <li>
-       <p>
-         <strong>Tape machine mode</strong> when enabled defaults new audio
-         tracks to tape machine mode. See
-         <a href="/working-with-tracks/track-types/">Track Types</a>
-         for more information.
-       </p>
-      </li>
-    </ul>
-  </li>
-
-  <li>
-    <p>
-    <strong>Conection of tracks and busses</strong>
-    </p>
-    <ul>
-      <li>
-       <p>
-         <strong>Auto-connect master/monitor busses</strong>
-       </p>
-      </li>
-      <li>
-       <p>
-         <strong>Connect track inputs:</strong>
-       </p>
-      </li>
-      <li>
-       <p>
-         <strong>Connect track and bus outputs:</strong>
-       </p>
-      </li>
-    </ul>
-  </li>
-
-  <li>
-    <p>
-    <strong>Denormals</strong> are a specific type of very small numbers that
-    can cause issues with CPU consumption when using some plugins in some
-    circumstances.
-    </p>
-    <p>
-      Ardour provides two methods of handling the issue. Try different
-      combinations of these settings to to find the setting that minimizes CPU
-      consumption.
-    </p>
-    <ul>
-      <li>
-       <p>
-         <strong>Use DC bias to protect against denormals</strong> adds a small
-         constant value to numbers to move the numbers away from zero.
-       </p>
-      </li>
-      <li>
-       <p>
-         <strong>Processor handling</strong>, if the computer's hardware
-         supports it, offers two methods that can be used individually or
-         combined. Flush to zero and denormals are zero.
-       </p>
-      </li>
-    </ul>
-  </li>
-
-  <li>
-    <p>
-    <strong>Plugins</strong>
-    </p>
-    <ul>
-      <li>
-       <p>
-         <strong>Silence plugins when the transport is stopped</strong>
-       </p>
-      </li>
-      <li>
-       <p>
-         <strong>Make new plugins active</strong> when enabled, will activate
-         a plugin when it is added to a track or bus
-         <a href="/working-with-plugins/processor-box/">Processor Box</a>.
-       </p>
-      </li>
-    </ul>
-  </li>
-
-  <li>
-    <p>
-    <strong>Regions</strong>
-    </p>
-    <ul>
-      <li>
-       <p>
-         <strong>Enable automatic analysis of audio</strong>
-       </p>
-      </li>
-      <li>
-       <p>
-         <strong>Replicate missing region channels</strong>
-       </p>
-      </li>
-    </ul>
-  </li>
-</ul>