Use 5 Whys on the audio drift defect

The guest track drifts out of sync near minute 40 for the third time this month. Use 5 Whys to move from symptom to process cause. Stopping at "the editor missed it" creates blame but no prevention. The defect will return because the recording setup has not changed. Before Countermeasure: remind the editor to check sync more carefully on long interviews. After Countermeasure: update guest preflight to require the approved local recorder, 48 kHz WAV export, a sync clap, and a producer check of sample rate before edit starts. Why 1 Why did the track drift? The guest file ran…

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