I record acoustic drums a lot. In the early days of AudioSnap, I was actually able to successfully edit drums to fix slight timing issues. Somewhere on the way to where we are today, AudioSnap got to the point where it just didn't work anymore for me. Only unexpected results, strange selection issues and things outright disappearing were what I got whenever I tried to use it. I now NEVER used AudioSnap. It might be useful for single tracks, but for multi-track drums, it just became something the either doesn't work, or requires training in brain surgery to work. I can't decide if either I'm too dumb to use it, or it's fundamentally useless.
These days, I do use Melodyne to either pick up the timing from drums, or standardize the timing of a recorded drum part. For many of us who have been with Platinum for a year or two, there have been some very cost effective upgrade offers that have got me to the full Studio version quite cheaply.
I'm sorry to report to the OP, that I don't believe there are any tricks to successfully using AS on multi-track drums. I just don't think the tool is really fit for this use anymore. Like the OP, I wouldn't have shelled out $800 for the full version of Melodyne, but have found a much cheaper way to get there via a couple of incremental upgrades. I think if the OP looks into this, he/she may find it's not too expensive to upgrade to the next level and then do it again later to get to Melodyne studio next time.