Loop Recording Results in Increasing Offseted Clips

Are you  looping audio or midi tracks?  I've had a problem looping midi tracks (as that's primarily all I'm using while looping) for every version of Sonar I've used dating back to the original, I believe.  So incredibly annoying to set up a kick & snare in a clip, for example, and some hi-hats on another, and listen to them drift further apart with each successive loop.  Doesn't matter if the clips are regular or converted to step sequences, the drift always happens.

There's nothing in the settings I'm aware of to remedy this problem, but like you, I wonder still if it's something I've overlooked (thought I doubt it). 

I've recently toyed with the idea of making Sonar my primary sequencer but things like this it frustrating.

I'll start a thread of my own if we don't get any satisfactory answers in this one.

When I was checking the X1 fix for ASIO loop recording without punch-in recording, I also checked using loop with punch-in and found some weird results. So I wonder if older versions of punch-in worked, and the latest fix for loop recording broke punch-in. http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2508189

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2564955 solution was to use groove clips.

Just to be clear.  I am simply recording audio.  The transport is looping.  I am not creating loops.  In this instance I was creating a "choir" effect by singing the various parts by standing in different places in the room while the playback looped over the chorus.

Afterwards when I looked at the lanes on each track I saw that each take was a bit later than the one before it. 

So I recorded the click track and did the same thing (to rule out the human factor).  That's how I was able to measure the offset.

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A workaround for you might be use loop recording without using punch-in. 

In my experience, any loop recording (with or without punch-in) causes this problem.  I posted a similar question a few days ago and the suggestion was made to change the record latency offset to better match the latency of the interface. Although the first track does line-up better,  the problem still existed on later looped tracks.

I =KNEW= I played that take tighter than that! I'm experiencing the same thing recording multiple takes while looping with punch-in, Sound-on-Sound, and Mute Previous Takes. Infuriating!

Just an FYI everyone, this is still an issue, at least for me.