Hello SteveInChicago,
Thank you for your answer, but that section in manual you pointed address a different situation where you can use an external MTC master and when arranger track is activated in MTC slave it will follow that time as relative. OK, it is nice but it’s not my point.
In the case I’ve described, you have a single machine and project, and the intent is not “Arranging music to video” but exactly the opposite.
The manual is very clear to say that: “You can also use the arranger track for live performances on the stage, in clubs or at parties.”
“Arranging music to video” is only one possible application where you combine video, audio and arranger track.
IMHO, the expected behavior when using live is that audio and video should follow the cursor. When you have audio and video track in sync, doesn’t make any sense jump audio and not the video.
Imagine you have a bunch of songs in sequence at the same project. Each song has audio and video parts in sync.
Arranger track is totally useless to set a setlist for a show if you lost your video sync.
It’s also unexpected and awkward to see the cursor in a position and a particular track (video) just ignore it. If you simply pause and resume, the video will be in sync again up to the next jump.
Please let me know how I should report it in a way they fix that situation I’ve described. For me it’s clearly a bug, but if steinberg thinks it’s not, at least they should add an option somewhere where I could choose to allow video track to be handled as all other tracks and follow the arranger track.