

Our goal here was to find the best general choice that Cakewalk can use, trying to be right in the majority of cases. Also, maybe there's no real scale being evoked for example chromatic scales are supposed to use sharps when acending and flats when descending. Ultimately that requires knowledge only the composer possesses, as far as what scale is being evoked. The important thing to understand is that there is no guaranteed right way to resolve accidentals not in the scale.

A lot of thought was put into this issue when the Staff View was being developed.

The issue here is how to portray a note that is not in the scale for the key signature. As long as you choose the correct key signature, they will be portrayed correctly. It is quite clear how to portray notes that are in the scale for the key signature. You can view up to 24 tracks in the Staff View, provided that each track uses only one staff. The Staff View can display up to 24 staves of standard notation. Instead, we have sought to satisfy the request of many users for the ability to view, edit, and print their music as notes on a staff, not just in Piano Roll and Event List formats. Although it does print notation, there are many nuances of notation that Cakewalk does not even try to address. Cakewalk is not intended as a replacement for full-featured music publishing software. The Staff View shows you sequencer data as staff notation, and has basic interactive editing and printing capabilities. Staff and Lyrics Views Last updated on Description of the Staff View
