Playhead won't jump to where I click, just creates a dotted "ghost" playhead- what am I doing wrong?

Question

Hello all,

I'm new to Audition. Using Version 25.0.0.47 on a Macbook Air M3.

I'm experiencing the following issue:

When I'm playing back audio waveform in Waveform view, I click to a location on the waveform, and instead of the playhead jumping there instantly, a second "dotted line" playhead appears.

If I click in the time counter above the waveform, then the playhead does jump to the location I choose. But I also want this to happen if I click on the waveform itself.

What am I doing wrong? What do I need to check/fix in order to get the playhead to simply jump to where I click it on the waveform, instead of creating that second "ghost" playhead? (**screenshot attached for reference)

SteveG_AudioMasters_ · Answer

I'm afraid that's as designed. I think it's all to do with options available to you when you make a selection, and not having them interfere with the actual positioning of the playhead. There is some choice in the options in Edit>Preferences>Playback and Recording. After a while, clicking on the timeline to move the playhead becomes second nature. It's also worth noting that clicking on the 'ghost' cursor head will jump playback directly to it. So effectively you can only click on the cursor itself when the transport is stopped. What this behaviour does enable you to do though, is make a selection on your track whilst it's playing and have the playhead jump to it immediately upon releasing the mouse button - this is a feature that some broadcasters use regularly.

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