Why might Adobe Audition CC be crashing so often

Question

Hi,
How can I troubleshoot and solve this one?
The problem:
I used Adobe Audtion CC for a month before purchasing and it crashed a few times but not so often that I was overly concerned.  So I paid my money recently.
Today was a real struggle. The software was crashing every 10 or 20 mins.....and now I am concerned :-(
Instead of starting from scratch today, I started with a template that was generated from a previous project (basically by removing all the audio from the project). 
Then the usual sequence of events that immediately preceded a crash was......
I was working all day in the multitrack window.  I would put a new bit of audio on a track, trim the ends and maybe adjust the level...if that didn't cause a crash then often the moment I tried to drag the cursor back to listen to my handiwork it would crash.
If I got a new bit of audio in safely and I had listened to it successfully the software would seem to behave.  However inserting a new bit of audio had me crossing my fingers.  Luckily I was not with a client.
I ended up saving the project every time I made any change for fear of it crashing.
I'm on a Dell OptiPlex 3020 running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. Intel Core i5-4570 CPU @ 3.2GHz. 8GB ram.
I'd really like this solved quickly!!
Can anyone help?
Any top tips gratefully received.
Cheers
Geoff

Answer 1

Bob,
Thanks for being so helpful.
The quick answer to your question is no, I haven't tried working without Foobar.  For me that's not a good working solution as I use Foobar all the time.  However your suggestion to try MME instead of WASAPI does seem to have cured the crashing problem.  So I think you've solved my particular headache, thanks.
RE: Crashes.
Since I've been using the MME audio hardware setting I've not had a single crash and I've worked for many hours with it now. So thanks for your top suggestion, it seems to be working :-)
RE: Foobar
I hope that adding the Saffire LE firewire box won't affect my use of Foobar.
I don't use Foobar's audio output to feed Audition. I only use it as a browser/player for my SFX (70,000 and growing). Using the Foobar database and search facility I can very quickly find the right SFX. Then I listen to them with Foobar. A Foobar 'component' add-on displays the waveform and placing the cursor on the waveform allows me to jump straight to that part of the audio. Very handy if there are multiple cues within a single file.
Having found the right sound effect I can drag it straight from the Foobar window into Audition. It works really well.
Foobar plays all the file formats under the sun. I keep all relevant SFX info in the filename and don't bother with metadata. No need for Soundminer :-) I've configured Foobar to search filenames only and it does a great job. Search results are displayed almost instantly.
RE: iPhone app
I'll take a look at it although my old iPhone 3G won't run many recent apps :-)
Anyway, that's enough rambling for one post....
Thanks again.
Cheers
Geoff