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Conman, I might be mistaken, but it seems to me that part of the reason for the friction that’s just arisen here is that your posts have seemed to ignore the OP’s notion of what’s going on. So …
- Do you actually agree that a possible - or, perhaps, even a likely - reason for the MIDI notes being recorded early is that they were played early? — played early (probably, without conscious thought) to make their sound come in time with what’s being heard (whether existing tracks or the Cubase click).
– That explanation is what the OP and some others in this thread favour.
- Suppose, for the sake of argument, that that explanation turned out to be correct. Would you then agree that it would be a useful option in Cubase to have the placement of the MIDI notes automatically delayed by however many milliseconds early the performer had to play the notes in order to get the VI’s sound to align with what was being heard? (It seems that Cubase ought to “know” how many milliseconds that would be.)