jhonmu

I see what you mean — Element works smoothly with its own audio player, but the RME loopback signal just isn’t passing through. Feels like it’s probably a small routing or monitoring step in TotalMix/Element that’s missing.

Thinks same

Yes, the clicking is likely caused by having many chopped clips on your vocal track—each clip boundary can introduce tiny gaps or inconsistencies that become noticeable when stretching. Bouncing the clips to a single audio file smooths out those edges and eliminates potential artifacts, which is why stretching works better afterward.