I could be wrong.

but usually they do it just like this and then after 2 or 3 posts they'll have a link to Notes Helper.
 
and I think the ORIGINAL poster up there is legitimate.  just not sure about ConnieR

that sounds like a common  issue to new folks to MC6  to me as well.... in MC6 and X1 the place you change the note values for staff is not as obvious as it was in the former versions. 

ConnieR.


Does anyone ever have trouble entering the notes in the staff view? No matter what note value I choose, the notes that are written are quarter notes. I can't figure out how to change the note values when I'm actually writing notes. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, or if there is a glitch in the software. There is nothing about thins that I can find in the help files. Thanks.

which softsynth are you using.  I just helped a guy in another thread with Cakewalk Sound Center where the volume of that SIMPLE INSTRUMENT track would go to -INF (no volume).
 
we had to switch to using MIDI/OUTPUT tracks instead of the SIMPLE INSTRUMENT track.  this seems to be a bug.  I did not report it yet.