Hello!
I’m So glad I received notification that you wrote to the topic, it reminded me to update it.
The solution was external, in a way, to the setup.
The IT department had loaded security software that, for some reason, blocked the system from running the (signed and approved installation) drivers for both the RME card and the Syncstation, so neither system could reference clocks correctly, somehow, thus neither were speeding correctly.
It took an enormous effort and weeks of slugging it out to finally find the issue and to make IT ‘fess up to the situation.
Software removed, sensible settings invoked, like we all know how to do, absolutely perfect speed and sync.
The lesson?
Beware IT, if you’re doing your work in a corporate media company…
Cheers!
King Williams
PS-
Kudos to Steinberg support and Mr Colin Broad for their assistance in getting me both an alternate sync station and setting change suggestions to help my beleaguered self out; their efforts led us to the knowledge that it was NOT our equipment or our settings or our general approach to the problem, but a piece of anti-virus software that disallowed correct use of necessary drivers.
Best,
KW