diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_sba_items.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_sba_items.py
index 6904f107245c3156e3c1dec2d59ef8d42a7d060a..1c5d5ba68f45d0bd3e618d26763e7e2d2c76e187 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_sba_items.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_sba_items.py
@@ -298,13 +298,13 @@ def generate_sba_scene(
             if delta_offset > 0:
                 # insert zeros to the existing output signal to shift it right
                 y.audio = audioarray.trim(
-                    y.audio, y.fs, limits=[0, -delta_offset], samples=True
+                    y.audio, y.fs, limits=[-delta_offset, 0], samples=True
                 )
                 offset = source_shift
             else:
                 # insert zeros to the new audio source signal to shift it right
                 x.audio = audioarray.trim(
-                    x.audio, x.fs, limits=[0, delta_offset], samples=True
+                    x.audio, x.fs, limits=[delta_offset, 0], samples=True
                 )
 
             # adjust the length of the audio source signal
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_stereo_items.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_stereo_items.py
index d6208096b5848aedc8f0eb26b526f1fc975aeb06..8dc6d50c77968699e123a3b5507f8a58585dfb8c 100644
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_stereo_items.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/generation/generate_stereo_items.py
@@ -299,13 +299,13 @@ def generate_stereo_scene(
             if delta_offset > 0:
                 # insert zeros to the existing output signal to shift it right
                 y.audio = audioarray.trim(
-                    y.audio, y.fs, limits=[0, -delta_offset], samples=True
+                    y.audio, y.fs, limits=[-delta_offset, 0], samples=True
                 )
                 offset = source_shift
             else:
                 # insert zeros to the new audio source signal to shift it right
                 x.audio = audioarray.trim(
-                    x.audio, x.fs, limits=[0, delta_offset], samples=True
+                    x.audio, x.fs, limits=[delta_offset, 0], samples=True
                 )
 
             # adjust the length of the audio source signal