Hi… I’m sorry but I do not fully understand what you are trying to explain. The metronome should always be on the beat. Sorry but can’t help you there.
Good to know I had my own share of sync problems where I had to add a Record shift time. This can be found under Studio → Studio Setup… → VST Audio System. At the bottom of the page there is a Record Shift option which should be set to 0. Other values result in audio being recorded before or after the time.
Make sure you installed the Focusrite ASIO drivers and selected them in this same window. But I asume you already did that.
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