hello my friends.
is the notation realy that bad or there is some other way to work on it? i was thinking to write my notes on guitar pro and save it as midi and export it to sonar. how can i work with that easier.
when i want to fix my note duration it doesnt change and every time it changes randomly. is there any way to work with that easier?
thank you

Unfortunately the notation editor in Sonar is well known to be terrible.  With a bit of luck it'll be getting re-worked soon, but no promises as the Bakers don't seem to want to talk about it.
 
Your best bet for editing is the piano roll view.

I have never, except for a very quick test, used the notation editor. I found it hard to use. Instead I often use the piano roll view. I quite like it.

Granted that the notation editor is pretty primitive, if your notes are jumping "erratically" when you try to change the duration, you probably need to change your snap to settings.

Yes it is very hard work.  The only way I found to make things happen is to right clic on each note and you have access to the parameters you want to change...good luck but if you are patient, you'll make it!

If you export from Guitar Pro be aware that the midi export is broken and the note durations will be wrong especially when a note is held over measure boundaries. You'll have to bring up the parts and fix them in the piano roll after importing them.

If you seriously want to work in a notation program then pick up something like Notion. I think I paid about $50 for it. You can notate until the cows come home and wont break the bank. I only bought it in case I have a person over with a classical training background and it seems to work for them.

I use the Staff View (notation) about 90% of the time.  It does need improvement, but it works fine for me for writing and arranging.
 
My biggest complaint is that it does not know how to notate swing time (that is, 4/4 with triplet 8ths—or 12/8 counted in 4/4, depending on how you look at it).  It notates triplets, but only if they are all in the same staff and it has no idea how to notate a quarter followed by an eighth in triple/swing time.

Get Sibelius. Hands down the best notation program. You can easily save your score as Midi and import it in Sonar. But be warned, it has a steep learning curve. But I have been helped by Groove3 tutorial video.

No, its not that bad.  I've written and produced over 32 symphonic movements using the staff view,  anyone who says its unusable is wrong.  Using keybindings to choose which note-value you want to enter really speeds things up a lot.  There are a few bugs with the SNAP function (the staff view snap function is independent of the universal snap function on the control bar) but completely usable.  It does need improvement but it gets the job done if you're willing to invest the time to learn it well.
 
JG
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