Surgical editing... very fun to do and highly useful.

Zooming in to find the zero crossing point of the wave is sometimes not enough, especially if it's in the middle of a note or sound.... you will still have a very abrupt start or end which is just as bad as a click or pop. You can use an envelope in a case like that to also fade in smoothly but quickly as long as the result sounds natural at some level. If it doesn't sound natural..... UNDO it and try again and keep working until you have it sounding natural, or..... go with plan B. You do have a plan B...right?

Most DAW's such as Sonar, will automatically pick the zero crossing for it's edit point. What I look for is the drop to zero point in the waveform..... the in between the notes or vocal phrases point. Easy to see in most cases by simply looking at the track. To place the envelope nodes properly, a bit of zooming helps.

It's a skill that you get better at by doing it. I also use selective "mute" inside a track on a click or a small pop....you can often zoom in enough to see the actual click.... and it's usually just a cycle or two long.... drag a mute across it and apply. The mute happens so fast you never hear it and especially if you have any other tracks playing.

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