pause...it kills the sound

is there a good reason, that when you hit pause, it kills the sound, completely? like even the delay / reverb tails? as opposed to the more gentle, stop (space bar) which stops the head, but let's the tails do their thing?

thanx. 

i'm sorry, but that didn't work for me. it was already unticked, by the way. tried multiple combinations thereof, pause, continues to CHOP ! ........

thanx to you too. 

sorry, this doesn't change the pause behavior either. that is on by default you know, even with it on, when you hit pause, everything comes to a sudden halt. doesn't it do that on your machines too ?