Audio files split when adding video

hello. sometimes when i add video to the timeline, the audio tracks seem to split. why is this and can i turn that feature off because it gets annoying after awhile.

How split? Use the patch panel to set which tracks get sent to which destination. Link a1 to A1 and a2 to A2 if that's where you want it to go. If you want it to go someplace else set the patches to different track destinations.

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