dataline wrote:my solution is to stop syncing DAWs and hardware Exactly, this is what Daniel recommended, and it has worked for me.
I only use sync while I am writing so I can listen to the computer with the hardware.
When it comes to dropping audio; I turn off sync, and fly tracks in manually.
This makes things a lot tighter, (especially for the Octatrack).
Bad external sync and slices can be an editing nightmare!