Avid isn't so much mouse and GUI driven as it is keyboard driven. That's why sometimes on mouse action it doesn't update the timeline so much, but rather updates the composer window. Just a different priority & one of the key differences with fcp and other nle. Do you have a 3rd party I/o card installed by any chance?
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