CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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Tutorial 5 – Working with music notation
A great way to compose in SONAR is by using the Staff view. The Staff pane displays MIDI note events
as musical notation. For some musicians, this may be the most familiar and comfortable view in which to
work. The Staff pane provides many features that make it easy for you to compose, edit, and print music.
You can add notes to your composition with simple point-and-click techniques.
This tutorial will introduce you to the tools and features that SONAR provides for working with notation.
Let’s start by opening the Staff view in a new project:
1. On the File menu, click New .
The New Project File dialog box appears.
2. Select the Normal template, specify a project name and save location, then click OK .
SONAR loads the new blank project.
3. Click the Insert menu and select MIDI Track to insert a new MIDI track.
4. Click on track 1 labeled Track 1 .
5. On the Views menu, click Staff View .
The Staff view opens.
Next we need to configure the Staff view tools for the purpose of this tutorial:
1. Click the Staff view View menu, point to Display Resolution and select the smallest note value on
the submenu.
2. Click the Staff view View menu and disable the Fill Durations and Trim Durations options.