Hi Dave,

I just now tried it and got the right result.

First, I hit the Options button and unchecked Swing Notation for what you describe is an Even counting divisible by duple rather than triple.

Then, I selected Rest at top of Notation Window in Edit mode, clicked on the dotted line for first beat. That created a long rest that extends into the next measure. That is the way notation entry works in BB.

Next, I clicked on the first dotted line for the second beat to get a note there. Again, the note will at first be longer than desired, but noticed what happened to the Rest - it automatically changes to suit and now is a proper Quarter Rest because of the Quarter Note just entered.

I clicked again on the beginning of the third beat. This too yields a note that enters as too long in value, but then I clicked another note on the last dotted line of the last beat to enter the sixteenth note and there is proper notation for the bar. Notice that the last sixteenth note is tied over to a whole note in the second bar. That again is normal, you must click either a Rest or Note in the next bar, first dotted line of the first beat, to get the sixteenth by itself in the preceding measure.

I can't imagine why Support staff would tell you what you report.

The Band in a Box notation entry system is sheer genius, but you first have to play around with it to understand the way it works. And once you do, you will find it MUCH faster than any other computer notation scheme out there. At least, I do.


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