Jyri T.
Maybe this would be a good solution:
I would very much like to see a new feature, which I call Conjoin Clips for the lack of a better term. It would make parallel audio clips on separate lanes/tracks to act like one when it comes to any sync-related editing.
Say, if you stretch or Audio Snap any of the conjoined clips, they all will stretch the same. This way you don't have to worry about sync and phase issues.
The way I manage to do it (retaining synch and phase issues) is to "create a selection" thus grouping all the drum tracks together, splicing, moving and cutting. I then have the laborious task of stretching one at a time because SONAR will only allow one clip to be stretched at a time.
I have tried Audiosnap but I have to say that for serious drum editing (8 - 12 tracks) it cannot cope. The way I've been doing mine is pretty accurate and works well. It would take such a lot of work out of it if I could just select all the tracks and stretch them the same amount.
I hear what you're saying and your idea would work. I'm just not sure that you could "separate" those joined clips again once they've been worked on as a whole.