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Notion 6.1.1 Maintenance Update Available Now

Notion 6.1.1 Maintenance Update—click “Check for updates” in Notion to download and install 6.1.1!

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New:

  • Notion now recognizes whether touch is finger/capacitive stylus or digitizer stylus (Windows)
  • Microsoft Surface Pen now brings up context menu with button
  • When importing MIDI drum files, Notion uses GM mapping to put the notation in the expected place
  • When using the onscreen drum pad, Notion now writes cymbals with cross-head note heads
  • Studio One launcher added to the ‘Send to Studio One’ dialog
  • Use cursor arrow keys to position articulations (and shift+arrow for fine tuning)
  • The enharmonic tool (Shift+E) now also works with attached chord symbols
  • Score>Dynamic Parts is now current score order, not order of creation
  • End key now navigates to end of score (as Home does, to the start of a score)
  • Notion now has the facility for network installs to copy preferences from a system level – this saves a lot of time in the classroom every time a new user logs on to particular machine. For more information about PreSonus’ Unlimited Site Licenses for education, contact musiceducation@presonus.com

Fixes:

Sounds

  • Harpsichord sound is now fixed
  • Organ and Chorus sounds retuned. (Download the keyboard installer from your my.presonus.com account and install. Restart Notion. You may also need to force Notion to rescan the folder – go to Preferences>Audio>Locate and reselect the sounds folder)
    Release sound working better for short notes (an issue particularly noticeable with organ staccati)
  • Drumset with unmeasured tremolo now responds to hairpins

 

Studio One interop

  • Fix when exporting keyswitch data from Notion to Studio One – go to Tools>Use Rules and setup a rule with Keyswitches set to “Automatically send note-offs”
  • Studio One launcher has been added to Send to Studio One dialog
  • User is prompted to save, if closing after Studio One file transfer and no other changes have been   made
  • More space for text in Studio One dialog when in German
  • Note durations now reflect articulation (e.g. staccato) when sending note data to Studio One

 

MIDI / MusicXML

  • Verse number is now being properly recognized when importing MusicXML
  • Fix occasional issue on MusicXML Export with hairpins
  • User is prompted to save, if closing after MusicXML or MIDI file import and no other changes have been made
  • Note durations now reflect articulation when exporting as MIDI
  • Changing MIDI channel in Change Instrument dialog now works as expected
  • Sequencer staff controller data now outputs on expected channel, not just channel 1
  • When MIDI recording in with multi channel VSTi’s, sequencer staff now does not reset all events to Channel 1
  • MIDI note length and velocity shortcuts now work if sequencer overlay is enabled

 

Rules Editor

  • Fix when using Duration Change in Rules
  • Rules Editor dialog size now persistent when closing/reopening (Mac and Win)
  • If having issues with smooth playback when using expression on external VSTi’s or MIDI ReWire, choose a different expression channel to the Notion hairpin map in the Rules Editor. For VSTi’s without velocity crossfade, you can also use the hairpin anchor in the Rules Editor – see Hairpin Anchor in the User Guide

Video

  • Video window on Mac no longer blank when re-shown
  • Fix show/hide video during playback on Mac

Notation

  • Bb and Eb instruments now go to the correct enharmonic key if in C#minor
    If Transpose MIDI is checked then Bb and Eb instruments are now spelling as correctly in step time
  • Option added to Staff Settings, to show circles around whole/half notes in tablature (default is off)
  • Electric Bass now does not convert to treble clef when tab is turned off / standard notation shown again
  • Flags now show on unbeamed cross-staff notes
  • Fix stems not lining up on cross-staff chords
  • Fix accidentals sometimes hiding on cross-staff notes
  • When changing stem direction of beamed notes, it now does not affect the entire measure
  • Measures now lay out as expected when empty
  • Fix adding unwanted 11th and 13th notes to chord, when using chord type-in tool

 

General

  • Clear Special now does not now remove Rules sets or harp tuning diagrams
  • Adding interval below with Ctrl+Numpad, now fixed on Windows
  • Scrolling in continuous view with a Windows tablet now redraws correctly
  • Continuous view margin now does not clear when top staff is only partially visible
  • Mixer window size now persistent when closing/reopening (Win only)
  • Text better formatted and images fixed in MIDI Device Commands window
  • More space in Preferences window (Windows only)