drag and drop interface makes me want to beat my head against a wall

Hello, i am a young, new, and very frustrated member of the cakewalk music creator. I am used to using the interface of audacity, where I can zoom in very close and rearrange milliseconds of music. I'm using a MIDI USB keyboard and trying to use synth tracks, but am not finding the experience similar or pleasant at all. Is there any way to get rid of the timing/bar setup and make it so I can highlight/move around/copy and paste very specific things? I have two selections of music I want to play one after the other immediately, and I feel like I'm playing with magnets. They won't go together. I've looked at all the tutorials for copying and pasting but they don't seem to comprehend my pain.

I generally have my snap to shut off. That way I can place the timeline now marker anywhere I want.

When doing a punch in recording however, I do like to set the "snap to" to a specific resolution that works well. Especially if it's a punch on something like an acoustic guitar or a lead track. 

By shutting it off and zooming in, you can get extremely "surgical" in your edits.