I was playing around with an old Fostex4050 midi sync unit recently. For those who don’t know it was used for syncing midi devices with reel tapes (still is!) and I remembered having to offset the time to prevent the tape from flying off the reel at the beginning and end!
Is this ‘record from zero’ issue maybe a throwback to this practice? Doesn’t seem necessary anymore, but I wish I knew if it was intentional so I could quit fiddling with it and wondering if I’m compensating when I shouldn’t be.