Motion 4 Audio Waveform Problems

I'm having huge problems trying to animate to music in Motion 4.
When I import a track (I've tried MP3 and AIFF) into a project it appears correctly both in the Layers tab and the Timeline. However, If the track is altered in any way (moved, zoomed in or out, edited etc), the graphical wavefrom goes out of sync with the actual audio. The playhead can be over a silent part of the audio (represented by a flat line) but the music will be blasting out of the speakers. This means that all video key-framing etc has to be done by ear, as the visual waveform is totally inaccurate.
I've tried all of the usual house-keeping fixes. Re-starting. Repairing permissions. Trashing Pre-sets. None of this works.
Am I doing something thing wrong, or is this a glitch in Motion 4/Lion?
Thanks in advance
Imac 27" 2011, 3.4 i7, 16 gb RAM

You didn't say what versions you are using but I'd try first trashing prefs:
1) Quit Motion.
2) Navigate to User/Library/Preferences.
3) Locate com.apple.motion.plist and delete it.
And then if that doesn't help, do this
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3061
And if that doesn't help perhaps reinstall just the Motion app using Pacifist and run software update

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