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Band in a Box has had just such a feature for years.

To the right of the Edit Notation button is Staff Roll Notation mode button....

--Mac



That's what I was referring to,
"Since BIAB also has Staff Roll Notation mode for displaying actual durations..."

What I am thinking of is that the Editable Notation mode could simply enter each note
symbol as if the duration was 100%. In other words, each note symbol would have a duration
that extended all the way to the next note symbol, regardless of the actual event duration.
The actual duration would remain as selected, for example, 80%.

There are a couple reasons for this.

I don't think you really want to change the duration percentage just to have the notation
look correct. A percentage of less than 100% is more natural sounding, as we don't normally
play everything legato.

Also, for most notes, especially the shorter ones, that's the way it works anyway. If you
enter a string of quarter notes with very short durations, you get quarter note symbols in
Editable Notation mode. You don't have to lengthen the actual durations of notes to have them
appear as expected. I would simply suggest that this should also apply to long notes like the
whole note tied to an eighth note described earlier.

And of course we have the Staff Roll Notation mode for viewing and editing actual durations.
It seems that is where duration information is better viewed, not in Notation mode.

I realize that the notation in BIAB is not intended to be an full featured notation editor,
but it seems that this would be simple enough to do.

I also happen to like it a lot (Editable Notation mode) as I can enter notes in exactly the
same way I think about them, that is, in relation to the beat locations. I'll let the program
figure out the durations. And one button click per note is hard to beat.