X-Form offsetting audio after rendering
 

Hello everyone,
I have been combating this issue for a couple months now, searched the depths of the internet for similar cases, and exhausted every potential solution I can think of.

Basically, I am quantizing audio with elastic audio's polyphonic mode, then switching over to x-form for a better sound. Once x-form finishes processing, the audio has been gradually shifted back throughout the session, and off the grid. This problem seems to only occur when I am tracking multiple songs in one session. It's dead on at the beginning, but by the end of the session, the audio is roughly an 8th note late. It works just fine on bass guitar, but not on DI guitars of the same length.

The attached picture shows the before and after.

I've tried...adjusting/deleting analysis markers, switching the tracks to "ticks" rather than samples, consolidating and separating tracks, Pro Tools 10 and 11, and numerous other little things. I even created new tracks for each song, rather than one continuous clip throughout the session...to no avail.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Re: X-Form offsetting audio after rendering
 

The most important thing to do is to drop a marker(lock in place) at each side of the area you are working on. As you are discovering(the hard way), if you move any marker, everything past it is going to also move, so you need to place markers to prevent that(much the same way that when you Shift-click on a marker and move it, the markers on either side will lock in place, so ONLY the one you move, actually moves.

I use X-Form almost exclusively. If you have tried it, you probably hate the way it takes time to render, even if you simply click on a marker(without moving it). My solution is to choose just the area that needs work(and usually just what fits on my EDIT screen), separate that clip(region) and drop warp markers at each end(so the ends are locked in place). Then, I can move things around in this defined area, and because its only a few bars in length, it renders in a few seconds.:D

Re: X-Form offsetting audio after rendering
 

Albee1952, thank you for your quick response!
That's a great idea, definitely a smart way to work. I just gave it a try, working within X-Form, rather than polyphonic, working in small chunks, and placing markers at the beginning and end of each brief section. Unfortunately, I arrived at the same conclusion as before.

The attached picture shows where the quantized markers should be as it is rendering (top), and the displaced audio after rendering (bottom).

Re: X-Form offsetting audio after rendering
 

Hmmm, hard for me to tell what's going on without looking over your shoulder while you work it.:o The only time stuff moves here is when I forget to drop markers before I start moving stuff....

Re: X-Form offsetting audio after rendering
 

Not that it's right, but it's normal. It's something that's bugged me as well. Happens on all algorithms afaik.

Try using the new commit function if you're on 12.3. I'm curious wether it still does it with that.

Re: X-Form offsetting audio after rendering
 

Apologies, old thread I know, but did this ever get solved? This issue's just turned up for me, first time I've come across it!

Thanks!

Re: X-Form offsetting audio after rendering
 

I wouldn't call it normal and its never happened here:rolleyes: