Squeak,

by 2 measures you mean 8 Crotchets of course. Well, is there any way you can record, say, using two bars of 8/4 - instead of 4/4?. A Different time signature?. This will give you 8/4 time which will give you 16 Crotchets over two bars, thus making it like 4 bars (of 4 crotchets)