Audition CS6 - WaveForm Extending Selection During Playback

Question

I just upgraded to Audition CS6 from 2.0.  In preferences - general I have  "Extend Selection" selected under Editor Panel Context Clicking, so I can left click/right click extend selection.
I select a lot to delete during playback.  With CS6, I start playing and left click on the waveform on the spot I want to be the start of my selection, then right click on the spot I want to be the end of my selection.  The problem is as soon as I right click, it resets the selection start point to the current playhead position.
So it isn't selecting what I want.  It moves my selection starting point.  Please help.  Thank you!

Answer 1

Yes the Play cursor and position cursor work slightly differently now in CS6. I would suggest that you use the In and Out point selection keyboard shorcuts (I and O) for this operation rather than the mouse.
If you start playing from the Cursor and then click "O" the waveform will be automatically selected from the start point up until where you pressed O. If you leave the file playing then a further click on O will update the out point to where the cursor is at that moment. If you also have Lopp Playback turned on then as soon as you select the Out point playback will jump back to the beginning of the selection and continue looping around the select portion. At the same time you can left click on the start or end of the selection to extend or decrease it. Shift click will also allow you to move the ends of the selection to where you click. You can also use Shift and the Left/Right cursor keys to move the In point in small increments in either direction and Shift+Ctrl and cursor keys for the Out point.