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Steinberg hired most of the Sibelius developers and they are the creators of the most popular plug-in format.  I hope that my predictive math adds up properly.

It takes some fiddling, but it is possible to export the MIDI files from Sonar and import them to Sibelius. I just generally bite the bullet and go the other way (i.e. compose in Sibelius and then import into Cakewalk and voice). Last time I did this was with X1 and Sibelius 6. I'm considering upgrading to Sibelius 7 for an upcoming project, as they have a much better playback engine now...I previewed at a buddy's setup. For big band or orchestra, it's remarkably good....the playback captures notation, dynamics, etc...I would love to have a capability that seamlessly combines the best of Sonar (input and editing) with the  best of Sibelius (publication-ready scores and now, exceptional instrumentation). I'm not willing to go back to Pro Tools to get it, though. I was unaware that Avid had acquired Sibelius. 

shmuelyosef
It takes some fiddling, but it is possible to export the MIDI files from Sonar and import them to Sibelius. I just generally bite the bullet and go the other way (i.e. compose in Sibelius and then import into Cakewalk and voice). Last time I did this was with X1 and Sibelius 6. I'm considering upgrading to Sibelius 7 for an upcoming project, as they have a much better playback engine now...I previewed at a buddy's setup. For big band or orchestra, it's remarkably good....the playback captures notation, dynamics, etc...I would love to have a capability that seamlessly combines the best of Sonar (input and editing) with the  best of Sibelius (publication-ready scores and now, exceptional instrumentation). I'm not willing to go back to Pro Tools to get it, though. I was unaware that Avid had acquired Sibelius. 

I have Sibelius 7 and it's quite good and I did what you describe for a while but the true solution for me was Cubase 7.  If I do orchestral, big band, wind ensemble etc.. I do it in Cubase 7.  I can score and mix in the same app. With EWQL SO and the Kontakt library I can do anything I need and hear the "real" ensemble as I compose.  The Cubase score page is incredible.  Not as full featured as Sibelius of course but it does a few cool things that Sibelius doesn't do.  It's focus is letting you create a correct looking and printing scored without changing the underlying MIDI data (unless you want to change it).   I use Sonar for other things.

 I think a plugin would have been done by now. It must be one of those "easier said than done" projects. The closest thing so far is using Rewire I guess. 

scook

vintagevibe

mudgel
All Cakewalk woulld need to do is allow the current score to be exported as an xml file which could then easily be imported into a top end score program for further editing.

Sonar already doesn't this.  It's not a solution for notation as a composing tool.  (And it really doesn't work well.)

I believe it was added with X1 Producer Expanded some time after the post was made

How to export xml file with Sonar X3? I'm missing this.
 
Walt

In the staff view on the print menu.

in X3 Producer staff view Print menu "Export to MusicXML..."

i use sibelius 7 as well as cubase and sonar for different types of scoring.  many times i'll rewire sibelius 7 into either of the latter, though the tempo map situation is a pita...
what i'm waiting for is this...  http://blog.steinberg.net/2013/11/development-diary-part-four/#more-387

swamptooth
i use sibelius 7 as well as cubase and sonar for different types of scoring.  many times i'll rewire sibelius 7 into either of the latter, though the tempo map situation is a pita...
what i'm waiting for is this...  http://blog.steinberg.net/2013/11/development-diary-part-four/#more-387

Yep.  Steinberg is going to have the best software on the planet for scoring.  Exciting stuff.