How do I remove a section of takes without flattening

1. Hold command to select the alternate tool and highlight the section(s) with the marquee tool (the plus sign looking one)
2. once you've greyed the areas let go of the command key then the mouse to keep the selection
3. select the mute tool from the tool drop down or "T" then "M"
4. click on the greyed out to automatically slice and mute that particular area(s)

On another note if you ever want to do it with the whole song (Globally) just drag to select an area with up top in the ruler area and once its yellow you can right click to "insert silence" or trim, copy.. basically have a field day with moving things around.

Another option is track alternatives.. the rabbit hole is vast and actually quite powerful.

Happy editing!

Hope that helps!

~Pete

If you have x-fade selected in the "drag menu" , then yes!