Thanks for all the great answers and apologies for not answering all the post individually -
I was away for a while and they accumulated. The tip for selecting max number of notes per
beat is very helpful. With 1 I get mostly quarter notes and 2 mostly eight notes. That makes
big difference. I guess if you use Scales feature along with max notes set to 2 you get to some
degree a logical move - from eight note scales to eight note solos.