Audio pre-record - not as set in C8?

Cubase
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I have pre-record set to 5 seconds, and it’s an absolutely brilliant lifesaver for drop-ins.

Ive been noticing recently that the full 5 seconds isn’t there, sometimes one or two seconds, sometimes almost nothing, sometimes the whole 5 seconds.

Anyone else seen this?

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Hi,

Could you describe more precisely, when it happens, please? I can reproduce it only one way: Add an Audio track, and hit recording immediately. But this is logical, there wan’t the “buffer” time to record these 5 seconds. Or can you reproduce it even different way?

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Thanks Martin, I’m not exactly sure what provokes this, I’m usually in the middle of doing something else and don’t have time to think about it properly. Next time I notice it I’ll make a mental note.

As you say, if I create a new track, or change the input routing, one might expect not to get the full buffer, but in fact I often find I do get a full 5 secs even then, in fact I wondered if Cubase buffers all the available inputs all the time?