Furthest microphone is ahead of performance time after using AA2

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My room mic is the furthest mic from my drum kit. Pre AA2, the room mic is the last to pick up sound because its the furthest away.
However, after using AA2 and setting the snare to the performance time, the room mic is ahead of everything.
This is only happening when I hit the snare. The room mic is aligning with all the other mics for kicks.

I’m using logic, and I dont have any fades on my audio.

How can I get the room mic to align with the other drum tracks?

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Hi @rob.james.music.96,

Thanks for your message and welcome to the Sound Radix forum!

Auto-Align 2 allows you to use alternate correlation points. If you’d like to preserve the distance between your drums and the Room mic, here’s what you can do:

  1. Align the drums, and set the Snare as performance time if needed.
  2. In AA2’s UI, hover over the Room mic, you’ll see + and - buttons appear on both sides of the delay value.
  3. Use the + button to find a delay value closer to zero. Each option will sound a bit different in context. (Delays greater than 0 will push the mic further in time.)

You can also use the A/B/C/D preset slots to easily compare the initial alignment with any alternate options.

If you have any questions, let me know.

Best,

Oran

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Thanks for the detailed info Oran!

I have played around with the delay value so the room mic isn’t ahead of everything.

Do you know why AA2 made the room mic go in front of the other microphones, because I’d like to avoid this in the future?
I would like the sound waves to line up with each other.

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Hi @rob.james.music.96,

Are you using Auto-Align 2 as ARA, or did you capture the audio into it?
If you’re capturing, make sure you capture the whole song into Auto-Align 2 to get the best results.
Also, click the Auto-Align 2 logo to make sure you’re using the latest version 2.2.1.
If you’re using an earlier version, download and install AA 2.2.1 from the Downloads page.

The best way to avoid this in the future is to quickly go over the alignment before bouncing in place.

Best,

Oran