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<p>
  The table below details what will be seen on the meter and heard on the monitor according to Ardour's settings.
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    <tr><th>Ref</th><th>Monitoring Mode<br/>(System Prefs)</th><th>Auto Input does<br/>'talkback'(System Prefs)</th><th>Track<br/>Rec Enable</th><th>Master<br/>Rec Enable</th><th>Transport</th><th>Auto Input<br/>(Session Props)</th><th>Meter<br/>(What you see)</th><th>Monitor<br/>(What you hear)</th></tr>
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    <tr><td>1</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>2</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>3</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>4</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>5</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>6</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>7</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>8</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>9</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>10</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>11</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>12</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>13</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>14</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>15</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>16</td><td>Ardour</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>17</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>18</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>19</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>20</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>21</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>22</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>23</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>24</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>25</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>26</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>27</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>28</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>29</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>30</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>31</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>
    <tr><td>32</td><td>Ardour</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>Input</td></tr>

    <tr><td>33</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Silence</td></tr>
    <tr><td>34</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>35</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>36</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>37</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Silence</td></tr>
    <tr><td>38</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>39</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>40</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>41</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
    <tr><td>42</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
    <tr><td>43</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>44</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
    <tr><td>45</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
    <tr><td>46</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
    <tr><td>47</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
    <tr><td>48</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
    <tr><td>49</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>50</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>51</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>52</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>53</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>54</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td><td>Disk (Silence)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>55</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>56</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>57</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
    <tr><td>58</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
    <tr><td>59</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>Disk (Audio)</td></tr>
    <tr><td>60</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>Off</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
    <tr><td>61</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
    <tr><td>62</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9724;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
    <tr><td>63</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>On</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
    <tr><td>64</td><td>Audio Hardware</td><td>Off</td><td>On</td><td>On</td><td>&#9654;</td><td>Off</td><td>Input</td><td>HW Pass Through</td></tr>
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