At the risk of sounding like I wanna pee on the parade, HAS THERE BEEN ANY FIXES IN THE NEW SONAR VERSIONS FOR THE NOTATION FEATURE????????? Some of us have been beating this poor horse to death about the notation being trash! Can you at least say it is on the next list of upgrade features or is it just DEAD! It is still very crippled and needs some serious attention.

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I suspect Cakewalk's user base consists of a small number of people who actually read and write music, so they've probably abandoned support for those who do use the staff view.  I wish I were wrong about this, but I don't think I am.  It's a difficult decision for me; Cubase and Digital Performer have better notation but they don't have a color coded event list, which is just as important to me, and there are other things that cause me to much prefer Sonar.  So I may be stuck with Sonar for the rest of my life, although I realize the staff view leaves a lot to be desired.  It's too bad Cakewalk doesn't have enough pride of craftsmanship to care enough to fix the long-standing issues with notation.  
 
Jerry
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You know it would not be so bad if you could rewire a notation software so that notation you create (say thru midi) would transfer into Sonar.
 
you can create a midi file from one to the other, but the busy work and work flow is just too much.
 
It should not be that difficult.
 
 

Jimbo 88
You know it would not be so bad if you could rewire a notation software so that notation you create (say thru midi) would transfer into Sonar.

Don't people do that already with Notion or some other program?
 
And FWIW, the last time this was brought I'm pretty sure someone from Cakewalk said it was not a priority for the next update.

Cakewalk has plenty of pride in their craftsmanship. I don't agree with your feelings on that. In my opinion, SONAR excels as an audio and MIDI editor; a DAW which is what SONAR is. I realize that SONAR may not have some notation features that some other DAWS may have, but there are 3rd party products or there that specialize in that area. I know, SONAR can't be everything for everyone and it can't make everyone happy all the time. But all in all, it's quite a package with exceptional value. Maybe they will get around to notation later on. I hope they do for people like you. But for now, I am happy they are concentrating on the core of being a audio and MIDI recorder/editor/mixer.

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No shirt, no shoes, No staff view improvements.

I admire the patience of the Staff View People! You haven't got thrown a bone since the early 2000s, but you still hang in there!
 
I can actually read and write music to a fair degree, but I rarely ever use notation when DAWing.

I would actually prefer sibelius for instance to be integrated into sonar than have the current staff view as I can't see it ever happening . Don't even know if that's possible but hey, it's a dream. Rewire doesn't work in the way it's needed to.