Yes, Catchup is definitely the way to go, I had exactly the same issue.

I now run all the time with Catchup on my Factors for this very reason.

Downside? The only downside it if you want to do any realtime tweaking of the knobs… it makes it a bit more cumbersome….but a small price to pay IMHO…I just turn it off for those times and then turn it back on for gigs etc.