Exclusive Mute via CTRL+ Drag is working well for me and equals what I liked about the Reaper comping workflow.  Everything about Take Lanes appears neater and more thought out.

The only thing I can't figure out is there is a box for notes on each Take Lane and it puts black lettering on a gray background.  I'd like to change the lettering to white but I can't find it in the color preferences.  If someone happens on a solution, I'd appreciate it if you would share it.

What was sweet was it took my prior version files that had multiple takes and put them into lanes. I had to do nothing. If you save and go back though it warns that there might be issues but I didn't try it.

If you are talking about the text box for the track text (background\foreground) hit "P" for preferences, scroll down to Colors, and if you select ALL COLORS or Audio Tracks\Midi Tracks\Synth Tracks and scroll down to where you see the track view instrument\midi\synthy\bus foreground and background colors and set them to what you want. I Found I had to exit and reload to take affect.

This is the area that I want to change the font color.

I found take lanes for midi get all jumbled up after just a little editing. Excess lanes, overlapping clips, etc. I wish there were a "rebuild" command for lanes.

I don't like the spaces between clips in the lanes--where the clip name goes.  I do a lot of takes, and those clip name-lanes (what are they called?) take up a lot of real estate.  Is there a way to get rid of them?
 
I can kinda see the reasoning behind those name-lanes:  you can edit the beginning of a clip without the clip name getting in the way, but I'd like to toggle them on and off.

Otherwise, I like everthing else about the lanes.  The mute button and other functions for each lane is vastly better than the tiny mute for track layers in X1.

Don't you want to just right-click lasso that whole UI and turn up the contrast? I sure do.

Hey Dave.  I think everyone agrees that the lanes' note text should be a lighter shade or customizable.  This was actually on our list of final tweaks before release. But it must have gotten lost in the mix... procrastinated infinitely because it was so small and simple:/.  Your comment has been noted and we'll try to improve it in the future.

I don't like the spaces between clips in the lanes--where the clip name goes. I do a lot of takes, and those clip name-lanes (what are they called?) take up a lot of real estate. Is there a way to get rid of them?

Check "Maximise Waveform Height" in the Track View-->View--->Display Menu. That removes the clip headers and the clips behave in a more X1 like fashion.
 
HTH

Thanks, FastBiker!

Bill Jackson [Cakewalk
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Hey Dave.  I think everyone agrees that the lanes' note text should be a lighter shade or customizable.  This was actually on our list of final tweaks before release. But it must have gotten lost in the mix... procrastinated infinitely because it was so small and simple:/.  Your comment has been noted and we'll try to improve it in the future.

I totally understand release dates.