i have suggested this before and think it might help to make danoise’s workaround easier.
https://forum.renoise.com/t/automatic-0900-placement/32148
so, when moving through the pattern editor, you get a visual representation of the sample position for each line you’re on. that way, you can just find out which pattern line the hitpoint should be on by simply looking at the position of the overlay-line. you can then finetune it with delay-values to your liking.
this still means working around the problem, but a lot easier imo.
the only problem is that we currently do not have the possibility to view the sample editor and pattern editor at the same time. in the thread in which i posted my suggestion and mockup, there is talk about a method for that as well.