@Bill, if this answer was for me, then:
Believe me, I never expected compound clips to be simple! But at least they should be simple to use, otherwise, what’s the idea?
We all know that editing is time consuming work, so any way of doing things smarter is welcome. I spent 1 ½ year on this doc,so I don’t really think I deserve ’the mess’ I’m making, like you say.
What I have read in fora etc. Is that people DO use compound clips exactly to simplify things (which is not the same as to say CC are simple!), but it would be nice to have a thorough explanation of how many clips max. you can compound and undo without messing up.