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Mytch_Bass
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December 27, 2024
Question

ASIO Audio Drift in Audition when Punching In

  • December 27, 2024
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I am recording my band for the first time on an Allen & Heath SQ-5 with Windows 10 using Adobe Audition 2024. My computer has 64GB RAM and 14 Cores, 28 logical processors.

I can record multitrack just fine but when I go to punch in, the recording is not in sync. It starts in sync, then slowly drifts out of sync with the original audio so I can't change any latency settings to fix. The punched in tracks drift.

I am using the A&H SQ ASIO drivers. 

I have set the computer power settings to High Performance, Disabled the USB Suspend Setting and both the SQ-5 and Windows SQ ASIO Driver are up to date. I've tried high and low buffer settings, and many in-between. The audio hardware settings are correct for the board (I can live record multitrack and playback without issue; the punched in recordings are the issue). The board is USB connected.

 

Any guidance will be greatly appreciated. If I can't get this to work I have to go back to the Roland OctaCapture and I'll lose a lot of functionality and track input count as I also use the SQ-5 to run sound in the jam space and use the SQ Drive to record tracks on the fly. I do have bi-directional audio working to monitors and headphones.

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
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SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
Community Expert
December 28, 2024

If it's a gradual drift, it sounds as though the recording sync and the playback sync aren't locked to the same source. I think it should be set so that the playback sync is locked to the incoming sync from the A&H. You may have to experiment, but that's the area I'd be looking in.

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Mytch_BassAuthor
Participant
January 5, 2025

I don't see any settings (with ASIO as my Device Class) to select any clock. I have it with MME. I can't find any clock settings other that in Audio Hardware and only with MME as the Device Class.

SteveG_AudioMasters_
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SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
Community Expert
January 5, 2025

There may be options on the control panel for the device itself., although ASIO does generally sort out its own sync. It's not exactly clear though as to why a drop-in would do this but an original recording doesn't, I must admit. It won't be a latency issue though - they only cause fixed offsets, not drifting.

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