diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index fec751939..9d85f461e 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from frigate.comms.mqtt import MqttClient
 from frigate.comms.ws import WebSocketClient
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
 from frigate.const import (
-    AUDIO_DETECTOR,
     CACHE_DIR,
     CLIPS_DIR,
     CONFIG_DIR,
@@ -30,8 +29,6 @@ from frigate.const import (
     MODEL_CACHE_DIR,
     RECORD_DIR,
 )
-from frigate.detectors.plugins.audio_tfl import AudioDetectorConfig
-from frigate.events.audio import AudioDetectProcess
 from frigate.events.cleanup import EventCleanup
 from frigate.events.external import ExternalEventProcessor
 from frigate.events.maintainer import EventProcessor
@@ -62,7 +59,6 @@ class FrigateApp:
         self.detectors: dict[str, ObjectDetectProcess] = {}
         self.detection_out_events: dict[str, MpEvent] = {}
         self.detection_shms: list[mp.shared_memory.SharedMemory] = []
-        self.audio_queue: Queue = mp.Queue()
         self.log_queue: Queue = mp.Queue()
         self.plus_api = PlusApi()
         self.camera_metrics: dict[str, CameraMetricsTypes] = {}
@@ -290,8 +286,6 @@ class FrigateApp:
         )
 
     def start_detectors(self) -> None:
-        audio_enabled = any(c.audio.enabled for c in self.config.cameras.items())
-
         for name in self.config.cameras.keys():
             self.detection_out_events[name] = mp.Event()
 
@@ -320,33 +314,6 @@ class FrigateApp:
             self.detection_shms.append(shm_in)
             self.detection_shms.append(shm_out)
 
-
-        if audio_enabled:
-            try:
-                shm_in_audio = mp.shared_memory.SharedMemory(
-                    name=f"{name}-audio",
-                    create=True,
-                    size=int(
-                        round(
-                            self.config.audio_model.duration
-                            * self.config.audio_model.sample_rate
-                        )
-                    )
-                    * 4,  # stored as float32, so 4 bytes per sample
-                )
-            except FileExistsError:
-                shm_in_audio = mp.shared_memory.SharedMemory(name=f"{name}-audio")
-
-            try:
-                shm_out_audio = mp.shared_memory.SharedMemory(
-                    name=f"out-{name}-audio", create=True, size=20 * 6 * 4
-                )
-            except FileExistsError:
-                shm_out_audio = mp.shared_memory.SharedMemory(
-                    name=f"out-{name}-audio"
-                )
-
-
         for name, detector_config in self.config.detectors.items():
             self.detectors[name] = ObjectDetectProcess(
                 name,
@@ -355,14 +322,6 @@ class FrigateApp:
                 detector_config,
             )
 
-        if audio_enabled:
-            self.detectors[AUDIO_DETECTOR] = AudioDetectProcess(
-                AUDIO_DETECTOR,
-                self.audio_queue,
-                self.detection_out_events,
-                AudioDetectorConfig
-            )
-
     def start_detected_frames_processor(self) -> None:
         self.detected_frames_processor = TrackedObjectProcessor(
             self.config,
diff --git a/frigate/const.py b/frigate/const.py
index 987f04b46..9ebe6b573 100644
--- a/frigate/const.py
+++ b/frigate/const.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ BTBN_PATH = "/usr/lib/btbn-ffmpeg"
 # Audio Consts
 
 AUDIO_DETECTOR = "audio-detector"
+AUDIO_DURATION = 0.975
+AUDIO_FORMAT = "s16le"
+AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE = 16000
 
 # Regex Consts
 
diff --git a/frigate/events/audio.py b/frigate/events/audio.py
index 43dac978e..e92288a99 100644
--- a/frigate/events/audio.py
+++ b/frigate/events/audio.py
@@ -10,12 +10,20 @@ from typing import Optional
 from setproctitle import setproctitle
 
 from frigate.config import AudioConfig, CameraConfig, FrigateConfig
-from frigate.const import CACHE_DIR
+from frigate.const import (
+    AUDIO_DETECTOR,
+    AUDIO_DURATION,
+    AUDIO_FORMAT,
+    AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE,
+    CACHE_DIR,
+)
 from frigate.util import listen
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-FFMPEG_COMMAND = "ffmpeg -vn -i {} -f s16le -ar 16000 -ac 1 -y {}"
+FFMPEG_COMMAND = (
+    f"ffmpeg -vn -i {{}} -f {AUDIO_FORMAT} -ar {AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE} -ac 1 -y {{}}"
+)
 
 
 def listen_to_audio(config: FrigateConfig, event_queue: mp.Queue) -> None:
@@ -36,55 +44,19 @@ def listen_to_audio(config: FrigateConfig, event_queue: mp.Queue) -> None:
             AudioEventMaintainer(camera, stop_event)
 
 
-class AudioDetectProcess:
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        name,
-        detection_queue,
-        out_events,
-    ):
-        self.name = name
-        self.out_events = out_events
-        self.detection_queue = detection_queue
-        self.detect_process = None
-        self.start_or_restart()
-
-    def stop(self):
-        # if the process has already exited on its own, just return
-        if self.detect_process and self.detect_process.exitcode:
-            return
-        self.detect_process.terminate()
-        logging.info("Waiting for detection process to exit gracefully...")
-        self.detect_process.join(timeout=30)
-        if self.detect_process.exitcode is None:
-            logging.info("Detection process didnt exit. Force killing...")
-            self.detect_process.kill()
-            self.detect_process.join()
-        logging.info("Detection process has exited...")
-
-    def start_or_restart(self):
-        self.detection_start.value = 0.0
-        if (self.detect_process is not None) and self.detect_process.is_alive():
-            self.stop()
-        self.detect_process = mp.Process(
-            target=run_detector,
-            name=f"detector:{self.name}",
-            args=(
-                self.name,
-                self.detection_queue,
-                self.out_events,
-            ),
-        )
-        self.detect_process.daemon = True
-        self.detect_process.start()
-
-
 class AudioEventMaintainer(threading.Thread):
     def __init__(self, camera: CameraConfig, stop_event: mp.Event) -> None:
         threading.Thread.__init__(self)
         self.name = f"{camera.name}_audio_event_processor"
         self.config = camera
         self.stop_event = stop_event
+        self.shape = (int(round(AUDIO_DURATION * AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE)),)
+
+    def detect_audio(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def listen_to_audio(self) -> None:
+        pass
 
     def run(self) -> None:
         self.pipe = f"{CACHE_DIR}/{self.config.name}-audio"