2 Reasons I haven't upgraded to X2

I use a lot of loops and have asked for two simple but time-saving and creativity-flexible upgrades from Cakewalk but they haven't implemented them: 1) Make it easy to transpose multiple groove clip pitches at once. I put together songs with a bunch of groove clip pitches for the loops only to realize I need to transpose and I have to go into each one individually and do it. It's time consuming and frustrating since this is just text and should be very easy to upgrade. 2) Allow for tracks to be assigned to different groove clip pitches at the same time stamp. Sometimes you've got a bass and guitar at C but you might want a piano at Am at the same time and you can't do it. This should also be a simple addition. These two updates would help me more than any of these recent razzle dazzle updates. Thx, Mike F.

If X2a is good with the VS system I'm jumpin in, if not, then decisions gotta be made.

Yes, I was either not clear or you have misunderstood. I'm talking about the groove-clip pitches in the markers. If there's a way to change those in one fell swoop I'd sure love to hear it. Same for the second comment, basically I need to be able to have 2 markers for the same time stamp and be able to assign the track to which one I want it to read. Thx, Mike F.

Yes, it's never been possible but I've asked for it several times and it should be easy. It's just text (at least for #1. The rest of the upgrades don't really affect my workflow much but these two definitely would. For #2 I want the flexibility to choose any key at any time for any clip (at least 2 keys available to be assigned at any time would do the trick). Just unchecking the follow groove pitch clip wouldn't so it because it would just go to the default which may not be the one I'd like at the time. Need some flexibility. Thx, Mike F.

As far as I can tell the reference pitch is only in effect when you also have "Follow Pitch" selected which means it still follows your markers and all you're doing is transposing in a complicated way. It works but very cumbersome. If "Follow Pitch" is not selected and you change the Reference Note it has no effect and just plays at the real pitch that it was recorded at. If you know of a simple way or I'm missing something please let me know.

The clip will respond to the pitch setting without "Follow pitch" checked. What about copying a clip and bouncing it? It'll follow the pitch offset while being bounced.

You can do multiple clips at once if that helps.

That's one of the reasons I used that example. It would be perfect if I could have a two sets of markers and be able to assign a track to which set I wanted it to read.