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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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, voicesTransfer 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 presetsContent
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 worksLayout 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 directlyNotation
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 stavesAudio/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 timeGeneral
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 instrumentsNotation
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 Cmaj6Audio/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 openedUser 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 settingsSystem
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 updateXML 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 XMLXML 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 spaceWindows
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 spaceAs 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 **