tbaroni...You create a project, then start entering lyrics via the Lyrics View. At some point, usually well into the song, additional lyrics cause unwanted notes to begin to appear throughout your project...
As others have said on this thread, it's surprising this is a virtually unknown topic at the Forum.
I'm here to say that this lyric bug has been in Sonar for a very long time. There was a time way back early in the Sonar series when lyrics worked fine, then at some point things went wonky, and now, the same bug that's been in Cakewalk for YEARS is still there in X3.
In post #16,
tbaroni, you said you have the impression that not many people need to work with lyrics. I don't think that could be right. Plenty of songwriters need print outs with lyrics for various situations, but don't need beautiful publisher-ready scores - they just need hand outs for fellow band members, choir members, or even for themselves to read on screen as they dub in a vocal.
In posts #1 and #14 you describe your method of working with lyrics. The major thing different from how you're working from how I do, is that you're trying to use the Lyrics View for your input. I don't think that's a good idea. The Lyric View is for viewing lyrics - It can be used like a telepromter, filling up a monitor screen in a studio for singers to easily see the words. But you're having to go back to the Staff View to see if things have gone wrong. That's your self-noted tip: You should be working in Staff View to begin with so you can catch immediately when the bug pops up.
When things go as they should, it's fast and easy to input lyrics - but when things go wrong, it's there in Staff View where the bug shows up.
The basic method: You have a MIDI track with just the melody line. Click the first note, and when you're set for inputting lyrics, you type one word or syllable and when you use the space bar, the next note is automatically selected. The text box for typing is right under the note and pointing to it - Very simple and intuitive.
The bug is that as you go along, suddenly Sonar starts inserting new notes instead of going to your next one. If you've been sailing along, it may take a word or two to notice - but it's totally obvious if you're watching the staff. When that happens, you can't use undo, as you noted. You have to select the inserted note, delete it, then select the correct note and type the syllable or word. Once Sonar has kicked into that bug, you suddenly have to work in
s-l-o-w m-o-t-i-o-n - typing one thing at a time, stopping, selecting the next note, typing - etc You can't sail along with the program automatically stepping through your melody as it should.
Yeah. For years now. It's another wonky bit which is just the same old broken programming hiding under the streamlined GUI of the X series.
Randy