1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libs/ardour/midi_track.cc b/libs/ardour/midi_track.cc
index 1b327ae70d..1b40cb5f56 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/midi_track.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/midi_track.cc
@@ -748,3 +748,29 @@ MidiTrack::set_monitoring (MonitorChoice mc)
 		md->reset_tracker ();
 	}
 }
+
+MonitorState
+MidiTrack::monitoring_state () const
+{
+	/* Explicit requests */
+	
+	if (_monitoring & MonitorInput) {
+		return MonitoringInput;
+	}
+		
+	if (_monitoring & MonitorDisk) {
+		return MonitoringDisk;
+	}
+
+	if (_session.transport_rolling()) {
+		return MonitoringDisk;
+	} 
+
+	/* the return value here doesn't mean that we're actually monitoring
+	 * input, let alone input *audio*. but it means that we are NOT 
+	 * monitoring silence. this allows us to still hear any audio generated
+	 * by using internal generation techniques
+	 */
+
+	return MonitoringInput;
+}