ASIO Audio Drift in Audition when Punching In

Question

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.

SteveG_AudioMasters_ · Answer

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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