Not possilbe to audition Multicam clips?

I filmed a how-to-style video with two cameras. We ran through the how-to process a handful of times, knowing that in the edit we'd pick from the best parts.
I made the Multicam Clips from the two cameras, but sadly it doesn't seem like I can use the audition feature with multicam clips.
For example, i have the subjects intro line... I like take 2 and take 4... I put take 2 in the timeline, then place take 4 over it, but "add to auditon" is greyed out.
Why can I not audition two multicam clips? It seems to be an unnecessary limitation? Hopefully I'm doing something wrong and there is an answer for this.
If not, am I sorry-out-of-luck and I won't be able to use the audition feature with multicam clips (I almost always am shooting 2 cameras on my projects).
Thanks!

James Cude wrote:
You wouldn't have to move them around to audition- simply connect and disable the version you don't want and they can continue to live in the edit.
Depending on what you are doing, there still is some moving. The method you describe is what I am doing now, which is basically how i would do it in FCP7 by just putting in on another video track and enabling/disabling the clip.
What that does NOT do is take advantage of the magnetic timeline. The two clips you are auditioning are most likely going to be different lengths. If you disable the clip in the main storyline, the remaining clips will not move to magnetically line up with the connected clip above it. So if you are trying to audition it while seeing how it works in relation to the clip before it and after it, you will actually need to move the connected clip into the main storyline, and move the main storyline clip up as a connected clip. You can't easily have "blank" parts in your main storyline so this process is actually MORE difficult that when doing it in FCP7.
That's what was so great about the audition feature. Easily switch between your options and and the timeline adjusts. And your other options are nicely hidden away in the audition and not diabled clips connected above it messy-ing it up.
Hopefully the next update will allow multicam clips to be added to auditions.

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