THANK YOU!!!
I realize it seems obvious and I feel dumb about it but it wasn’t retrospective record, it was the preference check box for “Snap MIDI Parts to Bars” - I could complain about WHY such a function would be on by default but I’ll just assume someone else has a good use for it. For me, all I want is the MIDI to record the same as audio.
Thanks again for helping me with this issue. It’s one of those things that rarely comes up for me, but when it does it’s horrible!
Cheers!