PreSonus Notion 6 – Notation Software / Music Composition and Performance Environment Supply

PreSonus Notion 6 – Notation Software / Music Composition and Performance Environment

Notion 6 by PreSonus, is a full-featured notation software program designed for preparing professional performance scores. Notion 6 adds some key new features, that also makes it a fantastic tool for composing and performing too! You can now write on the score via compatible touch screen devices, to either edit or compose your score.

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• FEATURES
• SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• PreSonus Notion 6 Features:

  NEW FEATURES:

  Handwriting recognition, Powered by MyScript™
  Write directly into score area
  Use the optional handwriting zoom area for large scores
  Supported items: write notes, rests, chords, articulations, measure lines, accidentals, time signatures, measure lines, ledger lines, slurs, ties, clefs, voices

  Transfer data to and from PreSonus® Studio One®
  Send and receive audio or note data with Studio One 3.3 or later
  Share on the same computer or with any computer on the same network
  Send VST instrument data and presets

  Content
  New Lakeside Pipe Organ from Soundiron with five stops and pedals
  New Olympus Micro Choir from Soundiron with “ooh” and “aah” sounds
  Notion Harpsichord: a 1972 instrument, made by Robert Goble & Son, Oxford
  Notion Score Library: a collection of over 200 public domain scores in the Notion format, including orchestral and piano works

  Layout controls
  View/Hide Layout Handles
  Respace measure widths
  Respace staves / systems
  Hide and show empty staves
  Angled hairpins
  Hairpin opening angle
  Drag hairpins vertically
  Enter chords anywhere
  Articulations can be dragged in any direction
  Rests can now be dragged vertically
  Multi-measure rest feature completely redesigned
  Part names can be added automatically, and also edited directly

  Notation
  Mid-staff instrument and transposition change
  Mid-staff transposition change in same instrument
  Change enharmonic of individual notes in a chord
  Write hammer-on directly into tab
  Write ghost notes (parentheses), including on grace notes, directly into tab
  Paste lyrics from an external source
  Many MusicXML enhancements for seamless transfer with other notation apps
  New Basic instrument category in Score Setup to add generic treble/bass clef staves

  Audio/Video
  Metronome now available in playback
  Preroll record feature
  Video window control buttons: Frame Advance, Add Hitpoint, Play, Stop, and Video Volume
  Export audio as .mp3
  More FX slots: eight per channel
  MIDI over ReWire: Route MIDI from Notion to your DAW in real time

  General
  Three new languages: Korean, Italian, and Simplified Chinese
  Export PDF on Windows®
  High-DPI display on Windows
  Touch gestures on Mac® Trackpad: Pinch to zoom and use two fingers to scroll
  Touch gestures on Windows refined
  New MIDI Record and MIDI Import preferences
  Import compressed MusicXML files (.mxl)
  Can now directly type in Hz values for global tuning in Preferences
  New shortcut added for Transpose (Ctrl+Shift+P)

  Fixes – General
  Korean, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese characters now show correctly after placing in text boxes on Windows.
  Preference added to import MIDI onto grand staff where appropriate
  MIDI Record options do not now affect MIDI file import
  MIDI File Import opens directly in notation; a preferences to use Sequencer Staff can be found in Preferences
  Fix matching MIDI import instruments to Notion instruments

  Notation
  Enharmonic tool added to palette
  Single selected notes within a chord can now be enharmonically changed (rather than the whole chord)
  Vienna Symphonic Library 4/8 Horns and Cor anglais now showing in score setup
  Custom chord symbols, some express entry articulations, and Unicode now showing correctly in Windows
  Cup Mute now switches to other mutes and expressions
  Fill With Rests now not filling measures that have measure repeat symbols
  Show as common or cut time now unchecked by default
  Part name can now be edited
  Import MIDI file brings in key changes
  Instrument transposition in E now selectable on Windows
  8va now not double transposing on MIDI import
  Treble 15ma now at correct pitch when using keyboard for note entry
  Celesta now sounding at correct octave
  Can now see multimeasure rests in the part, when the score only has one instrument
  Multimeasure rests now right justify with other systems on a page
  Multimeasure rest bug fixed, where in some instances they would run off the system
  Multimeasure rests do not now include pick up and partial measures
  Multimeasure rests now show correct number of rests when immediately following a start repeat line
  Multimeasure rests font for the number now resized and sits above staff
  Width of final measure now as expected
  Special barline now disappearing when using Link to Next
  Changing a note to a rest now does not delete later ties in measure or shift attachments (ties, fermatas, dynamics) later in the measure
  Fixed issues where attachments could get improperly shifted when inserting tuplets or changing a note to a rest of a different duration
  Don’t allow ties between notes that are the same letter but different pitches (e.g., E and Eb)
  Don’t allow ties to cancelling accidentals (e.g., in adjacent chords)
  Hiding cuts now does not crash Notion if it contains a glissando
  Notion now recognizes type-in chords that just have the chord number, for example, C6 rather than Cmaj6

  Audio/Video
  ReWire now responds to resting cursor position from host
  Receives stopped position from ReWire slave
  Better audio device default selection in ReWire
  Better error messages from ReWire
  Sequencer staff shortcut fixes to increase/decrease velocity
  Multiple sequencer staff items can now be increased/decreased together
  Notes now easier to select in sequencer staff
  Final note in a measure in sequencer overlay can now be edited
  If hiding resting staves, do not hide staves that contain CC data
  Fix crashing when clicking in score if selected audio device and sample rate could not be opened

  User Interface
  Score setup instruments now scrollable when window height is smaller
  Auto-scroll in continuous view now happens much later
  Change Instrument shortcut fixed and correctly showing as Ctrl+I
  Setup/Delete/Hide buttons now showing on the page in Score Setup
  Ctrl+; now opens/closes palette as expected on Windows
  Change Use Instrument menu item to Change Instrument to match the dialog title and add Shift+I keyboard shortcut to the menu item
  Echo MIDI preferences now in same order on Mac and Windows
  In the Change Instrument dialog, fix options not being selected when highlighted (Mac)
  Augmentation dot now works in the keypad with the Sibelius and Finale settings

  System
  Notes are no longer doubled when input with a Microsoft Surface stylus
  If Windows screen has a pen, use touch for just pan and zoom gestures
  Mac OS X crash reporter now updated
  Mac OS X update mechanism fixed
  Sounds update mechanism update

  XML Import Fixes
  Checks voices before combining notes into a chord
  Braces/brackets/barlines now importing correctly (to the extent that Notion supports them)
  Correctly assigns voices to left hand of grand staff
  Assigns attachments to the correct voice in left hand of grand staff
  Checks whether to retain symbols in chords (e.g., triangle for major)
  Imports chord symbols that have more than six strings
  Bass vocal now not being imported as double bass
  Stem direction or absence of stem is retained
  Scores that have measure numbers reset midscore are now displayed correctly
  Measure repeat symbol retained in XML

  XML Export Fixes
  Beaming information
  Exports “maj” in a major 7th chord
  Exports chords correctly that just have 6, 9, 11, or 13 (e.g., C6)
  First and second endings
  Exports chords with more than just root of chord symbol
  Corrected “kind” values for chord export
  Exports rhythm slashes
  Exports chord diagrams
  Stem direction now retained
  Cross-staff beaming now retained

• PreSonus Notion 6 System Requirements:

  Mac
  Mac OS® X 10.8.5 or later
  Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor (Intel Core i3 or better recommended)
  1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
  8GB free hard-drive space

  Windows
  Windows® 7 x64/x86 SP1 +platform update, Windows 8.1 x64/x86, Windows 10 x64/x86
  Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD® Athlon™ X2 processor (Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon X4 or faster recommended)
  1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
  8GB free hard-drive space

  As a commitment to constant improvement, PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc., reserves the right to change any specification stated herein, at any time, without notification.​​

  ** Please note, system requirements may change. For the most recent system requirements please visit the manufacturer’s official product listing **