Cut audio regions always clip.

Can anyone explain why I can take an Apple loop and cut it anywhere in the region without getting clipping or a distorted "pop", yet if I create my own audio track/part, (either from recording with a mic or bouncing one of my plugin regions) and then cut it, the sound always clips. (Its worst with bass sounds.) I have tried the long -winded system of zooming right in to the part, to find the 'zero' points, but this still doesn't necessarily get rid of the nasty POP that occurs on the cut. I'm sure there is a straight-forward technique to handle this. Someone please enlighten me, so that I can cut up my audio parts with the same ease as cutting Apple Loops.

sg.art wrote:
Thanks for your response. I am not trying to do crossfades. Crossfades are for merging two regions of audio. I am simply wanting to cut an audio part without getting a nasty glitch or pop at the end of it.
There must be a way of doing it without having to create a fade ??
the cross fade tool can draw a fade at the beginning and end of a region to smooth out the edges. Can help as does the search for zero crossings.
JG

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that would do it on stereo files, the zero crossing has to pick one or the other "zero".
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Here the question:
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