Graphical Time Stretch Problem/Bug??

Hello.
I've dragged a region of audio from the audio bin on to an audio track in the arranger. It is a kick drum track.
Holding down option and clicking the bottom right hand corner of the audio region i then proceed to graphically time stretch it by a small amount (one or 2 bar divisions).
Upon doing this logic warns me about time stretching. I click ok. Time stretching occurs but my audio region has moved forward a few milliseconds. What this means is i lose the accent of my kick drum on the first beat.
Is this a bug or some fault of my own? I am definately time stretching, not length changing. However upon going through the above proceedure the undo is titled "Undo Adjust Region Length"
It is very strange. No other users have reported this problem. Being new to logic i assume I am missing something.
I'm using logic 8.01.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
- Justin.

Hi there, this isn't a bug. I'm going to guess that there's a problem with your kick drum.
Every audio region has something called an anchor. That's the part of the wave that should always be on the beat. If your sample has some silence before the kick starts (even a relatively small amount) the silence is staying on the beat but the silence is being stretched along with the rest of the sample, making your kick even later.
Open up the audio editor for your kick and see where the anchor point is. You can find the anchor in the strip just below the wave form. Move the anchor to the start of the sound (or even a little bit after, perhaps the loudest point of the wave) and try everything again.
What happens now is that the whole wave gets stretched but the anchor point will always be on the beat.
Have fun!
Pete

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