"Richard Crowley" wrote:

When selecting (highlighting) a section of the waveform timeline to
apply an effect to, Audition would let me set "in" and "out"
points only at certain points. For example, I could see a quiet spot
between sentences, but Audition would NOT let me set the "in point"
there, it would snap to some fraction of a second before or after the
desired point.


I haven't used Audition so I'm just guessing here, but that sounds like
you have automatic zero-cross editing turned on. The software will find
a point closest to your "selected" point where the waveform is at
exactly zero. That eliminates clicks and pops at the edit point. Not
necessarily a bad thing in cases where to-the-millisecond timing of the
edit point is not critical. There are times when I wish Pro Tools had
that option. It would make cutting dialog a lot faster and easier.

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