Thanks for the response. I tried something similar but fcp kept crashing. I even trashed the prefs and still little joy but I’ll try again see if there is something I am doing wrong.
So its more a case of by ear than by eye? I’ve always relied on the peak of the waveform to direct me, it seems very trial and error and doesn’t help much with those tiny adjustments.
I think just for good ‘house-keeping’ compound clips work well to keep everything tidy but I guess I could split them back up again re-time everything then compound clip them again… it’d just be real handy if there was a way round it.