I’ve been experiencing audio glitches on Premiere Pro CC 2017 (2017.1.2) both on playback and export.
Before adding fades into my guide voiceover it happened on every audio clip. Adding fades/dissolves cured some but not all of the glitches.
There was a Multiband Compressor filter on the channel with the glitches, turning it off got rid of the glitches, changing to another Compressor filter and they’re back.
(As mentioned above) adding silent audio before the glitching tracks allowed me to use the compressor and export glitch-free audio
I’ve been editing on PP for over 7 years now (on Mac and PC) and while I appreciate the complexity of the software and the constant desire to add features and improve, for me PP Audio has really gone backwards in the last couple of years. If it continues I’ll be switching as reliable audio is something any edit software should provide (and I’m too busy to spend half a day searching forums for fixes).