I think I understand what you’ve posted, but an answer on this is going to have to come from someone with more understanding of the program than I have. As far as Step 13, I’ve never seen doubled images like that.
Shot in the dark on this, but, I was wondering setting the Snap Point within the clips might help with this edit? I’m not sure it would. Anyway, let’s hope someone around the Forums has a look at this and maybe an answer for you.
I’m assuming all your project settings are good and the files imported are all fine in terms of sample rate and bit depth. This is one of those things where I say, “It should just work” and it should. 