Multicam editing, but not "on the fly."

Using USB 2.0 hard drives I can edit 4 DV clips on the fly but only 2 1920x1080 ProRes 422 before dropped frames occur. FW800 will allow more.
However, I seem to recollect that muliclips can be edited carefully and slowly rather than playing and editing in real time.
Is this possible with FCP X and how would I go about it?
Assuming it is possible, would I be correct in thinking that more clips could be used and because I wouldn't be "playing" them there would be no problem with dropped frames?

Thanks Andy, I couldn't believe it was that simple!
Another peculiar thing has occurred. I tend to use USB 2.0 HDs more than FW and recently on test I could only get 2 angles of 1080i ProRes 422 to play without dropped frames.
3 angles or more choked the playback, but today I am able to do 4 angles reasonably smoothly though I get a dropped frames warning at the end.
I'm puzzled as to why I got the 2 very differing results.
Anyway that's all academic as by using the method you outlined it doesn't really matter how slow the HD is.

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