---
title: setRunEraseHead
framework: kernel
role: pseudoSymbol
path: kernel/ioaudioengine/1812317-setrunerasehead
---

# setRunEraseHead

Tells the audio engine whether or not to run the erase head.

## Declaration

```occ
virtual void setRunEraseHead(
 boolrunEraseHead); 
```

## Parameters

- `runEraseHead`: The audio engine will run the erase head if this value is true.

## Overview

Overview By default, output audio engines run the erase head and input audio engines do not. This method can be called after setDirection() is called in order to change the default behavior.

## See Also

### Miscellaneous

- [addAudioStream](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812081-addaudiostream.md)
- [addTimer](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812084-addtimer.md)
- [clearAllSampleBuffers](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812089-clearallsamplebuffers.md)
- [clientClosed](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812093-clientclosed.md)
- [convertInputSamplesVBR](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812098-convertinputsamplesvbr.md)
- [createDictionaryFromSampleRate](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812105-createdictionaryfromsamplerate.md)
- [createSampleRateFromDictionary](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812109-createsampleratefromdictionary.md)
- [eraseOutputSamples](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812115-eraseoutputsamples.md)
- [free](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812122-free.md)
- [getAttributeForConnection](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812127-getattributeforconnection.md)
- [getCommandGate](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812131-getcommandgate.md)
- [getCurrentSampleFrame](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812136-getcurrentsampleframe.md)
- [getRunEraseHead](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812140-getrunerasehead.md)
- [getSampleRate](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812148-getsamplerate.md)
- [getState](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812155-getstate.md)
- [getStatus](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812164-getstatus.md)
- [getTimerInterval](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812174-gettimerinterval.md)
- [getWorkLoop](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812185-getworkloop.md)
- [init](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812194-init.md)
- [initHardware](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812206-inithardware.md)
- [initKeys](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812218-initkeys.md)
- [newUserClient](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812227-newuserclient.md)
- [performAudioEngineStart](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812238-performaudioenginestart.md)
- [performAudioEngineStop](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812251-performaudioenginestop.md)
- [performErase](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812263-performerase.md)
- [performFlush](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812272-performflush.md)
- [registerService](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812282-registerservice.md)
- [removeTimer](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812286-removetimer.md)
- [resetStatusBuffer](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812290-resetstatusbuffer.md)
- [setAttributeForConnection](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812296-setattributeforconnection.md)
- [setClockDomain](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812301-setclockdomain.md)
- [setClockIsStable](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812306-setclockisstable.md)
- [setInputSampleOffset](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812309-setinputsampleoffset.md)
- [setMixClipOverhead](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812312-setmixclipoverhead.md)
- [setOutputSampleOffset](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812315-setoutputsampleoffset.md)
- [setSampleLatency](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812320-setsamplelatency.md)
- [setSampleRate](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812325-setsamplerate.md)
- [setState](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812329-setstate.md)
- [start(IOService *)](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812338-start.md)
- [start(IOService *, IOAudioDevice *)](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812342-start.md)
- [startAudioEngine](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812346-startaudioengine.md)
- [stop](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812350-stop.md)
- [stopAudioEngine](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812359-stopaudioengine.md)
- [timerCallback](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812365-timercallback.md)
- [timerFired](kernel/ioaudioengine/1812371-timerfired.md)