Sonar X3d Producer Compatibility with other sofwares and recommendations

I have not used either of those programs, but do have the free Finale NotePad software, which is a basic notation application.
 
It runs separately from Sonar, so it has no compatibility issues with Sonar.  I simply open a midi file in Finale NotePad, and it displays the midi data in notated form.
 
I looked at the web page for Harmony Navigator, and it also seems to run separately from Sonar, so there wouldn't be any issues there, as far as I can tell.
 
I also just looked at Finale Songwriter.  It too runs separately from Sonar, so there would not be any compatibility issues there, either, from what I can see.


Have you tried the free Finale NotePad?  You might find some use with it.  (I use it for figuring out complicated technical keyboard passages for midi files of bands like Emerson, Lake, and Palmer).
 
Anyways, I hope any of my comments are helpful to you, best of luck with it all, 
 
Bob Bone
 

I don't recall if it does guitar chords.  You just launch the program and from within it open any midi file and it will notate it.
 
It's free, so you can download and try it out, to see if is what you want.
 
Bob Bone
 

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Yeah I was informed about the melodynes' capability but the problem is couldn't fine any tutorials about it. Besides, I guess there are still some tweaking that needs to be done and my wanting is as much as possible, id like to avoid the tweakings thus I am looking for a program that can somehow make me go directly to music making than figuring how to make things do this and that. In fact, this is the reason why I requested for bakers to consider putting up something ala Cubase 7 Intelligent Chord Assistant . Nevertheless, I don't think it would be included in this update. Thus I would really appreciate it if any one has an idea. Thanks again
 
 
 

Ei thanks Mettelus for the reply. Actually I must admit finding the right title for this thread is really problematic as my concern is not only about notation software (as a matter of fact I am more inclined to have the finale songwriter) but also something with regards to the feature of Cubase 7 which is the Intelligent Chord Assistant. Now pls don't ask me what is the reason why I opted to purchase sonar x3 than Cubase 7 coz as of now, I kind of still un able to figure it out. Perhaps sonar is my first lust este love that is why hehe...
As far as set-up, Im am kind of doing both, especially now that I have melodyne editor 2.o which would enable me to convert audio to midi. Infact this is the reason why I am some sort of inclined already to finale songwriter coz there is one demo done by celemony wherein they just drag the midi to finale and presto, you have a decent music sheet plus guitar chords in it. My only problem is really something about chord progression (or finding the best chords to a melody) coz most of the times, since I don't have really the music education, I cant find the perfect chords to the many melodies coming into my mind.
 
Now as far you being concerned of my wanting to avoid that much tweaking, thanks for the concern, appreciate it. Need not to be concerned that much coz I am completely aware that all DAWS have this some sort of learning curve that one must attain in order to come up with a decent sound. Besides the one I am asking, Harmony navigator per se, isn't a DAW but a composition tool. But anyhowfor the sake of argument, assuming harmony navigator is a DAW, I think you would agree with me that between 2 best sounding DAWS, the other one requires you to have a Ph.D in music while the other one (though still requires you to learn it somehow) but is so intuitive compared to the other, sure  we would pick the other one that is less complicated. This is precisely what I meant by my statement that as much as possible, id like to sway away from the complications but just go directly music because at the end of the day, I guess most of the peepz here are no audio engineers anyway but just musicians...
 
Lastly, yes learning say one DAW while waiting for the utopia is the best thing to do, but would it be more ok to while learning one Daw and waiting for the utopia, you already have something that almost give you a glimpse of what utopia is. What do you think? ;)

Please don't misconstrue my previous post. I was trying to better understand your situation and needs. From my perspective, getting the right tools for the job is often starting which what has "most" of what you need, then filling in gaps with others. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. As long as the "end product" meets your goals, how you got there is totally immaterial.

Go to SoundTrek.com and look at their program called Jammer.

It's been around for ages and may well help you with what you want to do.