Keith Albright [Cakewalk]
Coming for 02 we'll address an issue where too many take lanes are created when all you want to do is record in a different part of the tune.

Hi, Keith. I'm guessing this means lanes that have been previously recorded into (except earlier in the project) will be reused for any new material reorded later on the timeline (provided there is not clip overlap with the previously recorded material).
 
I totally get why folks would want that behavior. Myself though prefer one clip per lane in ALL circumstances. Mainly it is for organizational purposes while editing. I keep elaborate notes (in the Lanes Notes section) on all my takes. If there is more than two clips in a single lane it messes up that scheme (I have to create two sets of notes in one Lane Notes box which gets messy... basically I have to create a numbering scheme and take extra care not to screw it up).
 
I also tend to use the Lanes "select" button for quite a few things. In my current workflow I am guaranteed to only be selecting the one clip* in the Lane. If I delete or cut or whatever I know it's not affecting something further down the timeline that I may not see (offscreen). That used to mess me up sometimes in the days of Layers (and I was still learning).
 
*In the current Lanes setup the first clip recorded further down the timeline will land in the last populated Lane (if there is no overlap) before subsequent recordings start creating new, dedicated lanes. I am so ingrained in my One Clip Per Lane workflow that I will actually manually create a new empty lane to move that doubled up clip into to preserve the "One Clip Per Lane" method.
 
Sooooo... (and hopefully that makes sense) I hope that this new system will be something that can be turned on/off like other recording/editing options. Like a simple "Use One Lane Per Clip" (to get the current system) and a "Multiple Clips Per Lane When Possible" for the new system I believe you are proposing.
 
lol... now I'M asking to be able to turn things off even before they are implemented.
 
I might still use the new way for certain things but my current workflow serves me well so I'd hate to lose it.
 
Thanks.

"now I'M asking to be able to turn things off even before they are implemented"
 
haha...funny observation Beepster. I don't know how Keith and these guys do it.
Even with some rather brilliant writing ( and I do think the speed comping is brilliant even with some of its quirks), we all find ways to use it differently or slightly amended to how it was conceptualized.
 
My process has turned into some bastardized mash up of all these great tools..sometimes pure loop recording/speed comping, sometimes the old single track way and sometimes just multiple tracks in a folder, one take per track. 
That gets back to knowing how to jump around between them, which gets back to the OP. 
I may not need the take lane/speed comping method for everything, but I'm glad it's easily accessible when I do.
( And I'm pretty sure my hands will thank Keith someday for reducing all the wear & tear on my hand during comping.....it's seriously made my life easier)