Final cut - multiclip angles ~Help!

Hey all ~
I am at the tail end of a video project - there are 8 video sequences involved.All are finished except for one stubborn sequence in which the multiclip within the sequence will not show all four angles when I'm playing it, thus I can't cut my angles. (hope that made sense)
I can't figure out why it won't do it - I have a reworked the sequence and multiclip a few times now, but whenever I start the footage to cut the angles, only the active angle syncs to playback in the viewer.
I learned the program from experience and so I may be missing something simple, but it's driving me nuts! Someone please run me through what you do to get all angles in a multiclip to sync to playback with the canvas, so that I can cut my angles in real time.
jM

I don't know if this solves it but I was JUST having that same freakin' issue and I was going outta MY mind!
HERE'S THE ANSWER!!!(at least it was for me): Make sure your timeline isn't rendered PRIOR to doing multicam/multiclip editing.
I have about 50 multiclips that I (edited) layed down in a sequence last night. I went home and obviously the timeline rendered itself (since that's the pref I setup). I got to it this morning and I would try to edit on the fly...it wouldn't work...then I'd change some stuff and it would start playing realtime. And, of course, I couldn't figure out what I did...until I did.
After changing the angle while the picture was static (thus UNrendering the multiclip), then pushing spacebar (with the timeline activated so I could hear the audio), everything started working/playing real time again.
I just figured it out and almost wanted to quit the biz for being so stupid.
I know you posted this 2 months ago but hopefully this helps anyone from here on out.
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