The score editor

I'm new to Logic, and I'm wondering: does the score editor really suck, or is it just me? I can read notation very good, and have also been using Sibelius for several years, but the score editor in Logic is impossible to use! I choose a value, as an example a eight note(don't know if this is the english term, but I mean 1/8), and then when I press the place it's going to be placed, it's suddenly a quarter note! Then when I add next tone, they play in harmony, instead of being after each other! I've read the manual, but doesn't seem to explain it very well there either.

Hi
Logic's notation engine is dependent on some settings in the score Region parameters box.
The Display parameters 'Quantize' function sets the smallest note (and rest) that will be displayed. For example, if set to 1/8 notes, you will never see 1/32 notes displayed.
(See page 730 for more info).
The 'Interpretation' function is used generally to 'tidy up' actual MIDI recordings, which will unlikely have exactly the correct note length. Interpret attempts to clean these up. When entering notes manually in the score editor, Interpretation should not be needed, as the events are exactly the right length. (see page 732 for more info).
HTH
CCT

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