# Massive lag pressing record with precount activated.

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**Category:** Cubase\
**Tags:** cubase-8\
**Created:** [March 16, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/massive-lag-pressing-record-with-precount-activated/106375 "2018-03-16T23:36:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![AntoineCayouette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@AntoineCayouette](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/AntoineCayouette)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/massive-lag-pressing-record-with-precount-activated/106375/1 "2018-03-16T23:36:12Z")

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Hi,

Cubase 8 user here. I installed Cubase 8 on my Asus laptop a month ago (2.7 GHz CPU, 8Gb of Ram), and I encountered this issue right away.  
All the following happens while my CPU is not even working at 15% capacity.

The playback, recording and the click work just fine if the precount feature isn’t activated.  
When it is activated though, no matter how many precount bars I set, no matter if I use a audio or MIDI click, once I press record, a massive lag occurs and the click goes crazy in all sorts of ways.  
The recording will start after a random amount of bars.  
The click will start after a random amount of time, sometimes way after the playback has started.  
The click might not even be on tempo for 3-4 clicks.  
Sometime I will even hear a random singe click 10 seconds after I paused playback.

I haven’t found a solution in weeks of research so I resolved to writing my first forum entry ever.

I attached a screenshot of my metronome settings. If there is any more information you think would be helpful, please ask an I will provide it as soon as possible.

Thank you in advance for any advice.

Cheers,

Antoine Cayouette

 ![Metronome Settings.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/3X/0/4/040f7d377b515e00a1eea688a0412f9f9cb1f282.png)