Request for looping and overdub mode

Hi
I wanted to put this out there to users using Qtractor as I am new to it....( well I had used it a while ago but I come back to it now) to ask other users' opinions. I have been speaking to Rui about this a bit but let's see what other people think.....

I do think Qtractor is a great sequencer.......thank god we have a few people working on Linux stuff.....

The last time I used Qtractor a year ago, I went to do something basic........I wanted to set a 4 bar loop up and record some drums. I would put the L marker at bar 1 and r marker at bar 4 and I set loop mode on. I wanted to lay down some snare and bass drums, then on the second pass continue to add some hi hats.....then on the third pass maybe add a few more snares ( like flams e.t.c). I then take that block and copy it say 32 times and then I have a drum track.....then I can start working on the track.

To me this is an instinctive thing to do.....loop something, overdub your stuff as it's looping e.t.c

The problem is you can't do this in Qtractor.....it creates 'takes' .....but I was left thinking 'where are my notes gone I have just recorded' ....as it looped around it seemed to not keep my notes I'd played.......

In the old days of Cubase you would set your markers, put loop on , put overdub on......then start recording.....to me that's instinctive how a linear tape style sequencer works.....but I realise what I like / used to is not to everyone's taste....

Does anyone find this lack of overdub / looping a problem when they are recording? I can set loop mode to be off and just record without it but it's nice to have a section going around and around that you build up.....and I don't necessarily want lots of takes when I am doing this....

I can use other sequencers to achieve what I want so it is no problem but what does everyone think about this ....you are more experienced users than me so perhaps someone can chime in and suggest some tips or something.....

Thanks for your time.
Mike