Imported an audio file…for example sake, let say Chaka Khan Ain’t Nobody. Tempo is 104, song was tracked to a click. Line up the kick snare…it plays in time with the click for a while but eventually drift out of time. Strange, i mean i’ve done this hundreds of time before and it worked fine. Now I c…

Maybe the answer is at the end of this thread (in short - the culprit is an outdated audio engine) [image] Rendered in place track doesn't null Cubase No, I checked that. The problem is not with the rendered files. I can make two renders from Groove Agent SE (…

The main point - Steinberg won’t fix it.

Do you think the audio engine outdated itself recently, after it worked hundres of times before as per OP? That doesn’t seem to fit. I have a hunch in the case of this topic something else is the cause.

Maybe. I don’t deny it. I’m already getting shivers from the word “drift” when is comes to Cubase 15. I wish it was only related to the latest C15. The OP forgot to mention his Cubase version.

I’m on version 14. Actually, in my case I simply think it’s related to the audio file itself. Basically, I had to learn a bunch of songs for a show. So I export all the songs from Tidal in 44.1 Khz/16 bit and import each of them in a separate Cubase session. I then figure out the tempo and set a cl…

Have you ever considered that those songs isn’t using a fixed tempo throughout the whole song? Using micro tempo changes is a well known trick used by songwriters and producers to help the song progression if it’s needed. these micro tempo changes could sometimes be just 1-2 BPM and other times as …

The songs i mentioned were cut to a drum machine / click, one tempo, confirmed by the actual drummers who did those session.

I see. I don’t know these songs but just google one of them and saw they are from the early 80’s. That likely means there was a tape machine involved somewhere in the production (at least for the mastering) No tape machine are 100% speed accurate. These old songs were likely stored on a master tape…

[image] vudoo: What I notice is exactly as explained, most of the older pop /R&B songs for example, Ain’t Nobody, Wanna Statin Something, etc. will drift in time with the click, the more recent ones will maintain its timing with the click fine. Early on, you already identified the culprit all…

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Igro March 18, 2026, 6:11am 3

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C15 (BUG): Audio samples "drifting/timing issue in the arranger window Cubase

Hi! While working with samples and the Sampler, I found that the identical samples that were dropped into the arranger directly will have some micro desynchronization at random points. I made a short 2-tracks project where the same sample has been used in the sampler and the other directly in the arranger, made the same volume and inverted one of the tracks. Listen to the loop for like 4-5 times. The first or second loop playing might be ok ( silence), then you will hear those “bursts” poping a…

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