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Hello My rig is adrift and I cant figure it out! I have a S/D 788t running timecode through my mackie 1220i onyx into metacorder on my macbook pro Leopard. 15 minute take resulted in a ridiculous drift. Timecode was intact but drift was miserable and inconsistent. Used my 788 files and no problem. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks Trent

Hey there Having a very weird issue that just came up in post on my show right now. Im running Metacorder on my macbook Pro and using OS 10.7.4. I know that Metacorder isn't necessarily supported to run in Lion but I've had no problems my past few shows with it. Im using a fire face 800 and an Apogee Big ben Word clock to clock the fire face and my DM1000. Running metacorder in monophonic mode with between 12 and 20 tracks per day (running 8-12 hours a day) to 2 G-tech Mini firewire drives (powered locally, not bus). Ingesting timecode either from a master clock from video when we shoot on our sound stage or from an Ambient Lock-It when we shoot in the field and I use my cart. So using different gear on my cart and at the stage too (the only constant is my macbook pro and my hard drives). My problem is that no matter where we shoot or what we shoot, post has just informed me that my multi tracks are drifting and don't sync to cameras. Its not that my multi tracks are going longer than the cameras, but they are running faster so by then end of each of my wave files they are a few frames to over a minute (totally random, no pattern) faster than the cameras which are pretty close to sync with each other (Panasonic 900 cameras, 3-6 running 29.97 NDF which is what Im running). I usually break my files every hour to make it easier for post and when I do, the files are back in sync (which makes sense since metacorder time stamps the first frame of each file). I've been using metacorder for years now and I've had a few hiccups in the past but nothing like this, and nothing that happened across every file I have been recording. Post is looking at me for an answer as they have to manually sync everything now (and they have no budget for this). Any ideas out there? I know post is running Avid Media composer 5. I actually tried boom recorder 8 last shoot day since its made to run in Lion to see if that would make any difference. I know there is usually a little drift that occurs between cameras and metacorder but usually a few frames so no real syncing issues, but this has got me pulling my hair out. Thanks in advance for any advice.