NEW FEATURES in Notion 6.4!

Notion 6.4 is here, adding integration with the just-released Studio One 4, and a bevy of other new features! This is a free update for Notion 6 owners that can be obtained by clicking “Check for Updates” within Notion.

Enhanced integration with Studio One v4

With Studio One’s new Chord Track & Key Signature, the integration with Notion has become more powerful than ever. See all the details in the updated User Guide here.

Receive Chords from Studio One’s new Chord Track

Quickly make a lead-sheet, complete with Studio One’s new chords, all with the right formatting and transpositions!

Receive Studio One’s new key signature—This means imported note data can now be “spelt” properly, with the correct enharmonic.

Receive any customised markers from Studio One’s marker track, and display as Rehearsal Marks

Paste enhancements

• You can now make a selection first to paste and replace the contents (this is just an option – you can paste as normal at the cursor for the same result)
• New shortcut for Paste Insert: [Win] Ctrl+Shift+V or [macOS] Cmd+Shift+V
• Paste Insert also added to right click context menu (in addition to Edit>Paste Insert)
• The whole measure is now not replaced/overwritten when pasting a partial measure.
• Paste no longer causes rhythmic changes, when pasting multiple times between different voices or between a grand staff
• Paste now ignores ties in other voices on a grand staff

New text box behaviour

• New checkbox “Link to metadata” in Score>Add Title/Header/Footer. This unlinks a new text box from others of the same style meaning you can create multiples of e.g. copyright notices. This is useful for e.g. creating long copyright notices (such as those required for SMP Press)

All Fixes and Enhancements

Rules, Presets and Sequencer Staff

• East West Quantum Leap presets now loading as expected for most users. Note – You may need to relink your Favourites/Paths to your sample folder from within Play.Legacy presets (from Notion 6.3 and earlier) are still available from your my.presonus.com account
• Updated preset for LA Scoring Strings – please login to your Audiobro account and download from there
• [Win] Custom expressions now showing in Rules Editor as expected
• Shift+Alt+Up/Down now adjusts velocity of a group of notes in increments of 1, as expected
• Up/down arrows now adjusting selected CC data in sequencer staff as expected

Language/International Fixes

• Files now transfer as expected from Studio One, when the file name has non-ASCII characters (e.g. Korean, Japanese, Chinese characters)
• Tuplet dialog is now translated properly in Japanese language
• Music intervals are now translated properly in German language, in transposition window
• Alternative shortcut added for Next/Previous Rehearsal marks – this is for different language keyboards that do not have [ or ] keys (Win: Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right and Mac: Cmd+Shift+Left/Right)

General

• [Win] Surface Pen button now brings up Context menu as expected following Windows 10 Update
• [macOS] Video now attaches to score as expected
• Chord summary at bottom of first page, now saving properly
• Shortcuts PDF updated

For the next three days, score 30% off PreSonus Software! Notion and Studio One, –All yours for 30% off, including upgrades!

Some things you need to know about the deal:

• This St. Patrick’s Day discount is available March 16, 2018 through March 18, 2018. You’ve got THREE days… Let’s go!
• The discount will show once you’ve added your purchase to the cart.
• This offer excludes crossgrade, EDU and Add-Ons.
• UPGRADES ARE INCLUDED!
• Offer available worldwide!

Where to get it:

• Click here to purchase from shop.presonus.com
• Click here to find a dealer in the USA.
• Click here to find a dealer outside the USA.

We would love for you to get Studio One 3 Professional or Notion 6 for 35% less this Valentine’s Day! If you’re running Studio One 3 Artist, Notion 5, or maybe even Studio One version 1, this is a great, inexpensive time to get up to speed with Notion 6 or Studio One 3 Professional. Or both, with some money left over to spend on the sweetheart of your choice.

What if you’re not running Notion OR Studio One? Well, we still like you, and you can switch to PreSonus for a lot less money with a discounted Crossgrade. The already low Crossgrade price has been dropped by 35% in this sale, as well. 

If you’re interested in a crossgrade from your existing DAW, all you need to do is find a local dealer, online dealer, or contact PreSonus directly with a copy of the UPC code or original purchase receipt for the other DAW in an email to crossgrade@presonus.com.

Qualifying DAWs include:

• Cubase 5 or higher
• Pro Tools 9 or higher
• Nuendo 5 or higher
• Logic 9, X
• Sonar X2 or higher
• Live 8 or higher
• Digital Performer 7 or higher
• Acid Pro 6 or higher
• Reason 6 or higher
• Reaper 4 or higher
• Samplitude 9 or higher
• Mixcraft Pro 6 or higher
• FL Studio 11 or higher
• Notion 5
• Bitwig Studio
• Tracktion T7 or higher
• Notion 6. (Please Click HERE to crossgrade from Notion 6)

Hurry, this offer ends Feb. 18, 2018!

• To buy Studio One from shop.presonus.com click here  

• To buy Notion from shop.presonus.com click here

• To find a dealer in the USA, click here

• To find a distributor outside the USA, click here

For the month of January, purchase the Woodwind Bundle for Notion for 30% off right out of the PreSonus Shop.

This bundle give your arrangements and orchestrations new depth and control and there’s a ton included:

• Alto Flute
• Bass Flute
• Contrabass Clarinet
• Basset Horn
• Oboe d’amore
• Bass Oboe

All of which were performed and recorded by principal and second players from the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London.

These sounds are only compatible with Notion version 5 or higher!

Click here to purchase the bundle

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Get some cash in your stocking this year? Click the image above to visit shop.presonus.com and get some Studio One or Notion Add-ons for half price! Hurry, sale ends Dec. 29!

Notion 6.3 is available now! It’s free to Notion 6+ users. Launch Notion and click “check for updates” in the drop-down menu to get it.

New Features:

Community Presets

Notion ships with built-in presets for several popular VST libraries (including Vienna Symphonic Library, Miroslav and Garritan). And for those we don’t support out of the box, you can use Notion’s Rules Editor to quickly make your own. But what if you don’t have time to create a new one? Or you want to make changes to our built-in presets? Or you want to share your presets with a pal?

Selecting a Flute in Score Setup, from the Vienna Symphonic Library Special Edition preset

Notion 6.3 now adds:

• A brand new Community Preset repository where you can add, download, share and maintain presets, including access to Notion’s built-in presets.

Find it at: https://github.com/notionmusic/presets

• A new folder location on your computer for your custom presets (that will load directly into Notion’s Score Setup)
• New Preset Expressions to add any expressions in your libraries that are not found in Notion

Export for SMP Press

SMP Press from Sheet Music Plus, is a self-publishing portal for composers. If you’re ready to get your materials uploaded to SMP Press but not sure how to create a single PDF that includes your score AND all your parts AND need to make an mp3, then this is the new feature for you…

• File>Export for SMP Press, is a one-click process that creates an mp3 audio file and a single PDF that contains full score and all parts in score order

All enhancements and fixes:

Notation

• Improved rhythmic spelling on MIDI or Studio One import
• Can now resize “Measure number” text
• Can now resize “Change Instrument” text
• When Notion is set to Korean, Japanese or Sim Chinese, the drumpad now enters cymbals with expected crossed noteheads
• If a slur/hairpin has been adjusted, delete will delete as expected rather than deselect

Audio

• Increase in the allowed buffer size
• Better handling of audio device changing
• Better handling of ASIO device when buffer size changed
• Now using a larger shared memory size in a ReWire session
• Upload to Soundcloud dialog now shows

Rules Editor and VST’s

• New rule test for “no articulation”
• “Palm mute” and “slap” added to Techniques
• [macOS] MIDI values can be typed in drop down menus (macOS)
• Long drop-downs now open at the expected selected item
• [Win] Fixes to the GUI resizing when a selection is made
• Fix for occasional crash when closing Plug-in manager
• [macOS] Fix for not sending some keyboard presses to Notion when a plug-in window is open

General

• [macOS] Notion folder in iCloud Drive now shows persistently in Sierra and High Sierra
• [macOS] Now uses the system’s own conflict resolution in iCloud Drive (if a file is edited on another machine whilst one is open on the Mac)
• [macOS] Improvements to full screen use on macOS
• [macOS] Fixes to using the built-in tab bar to create a new document
• [macOS] Fix for crash when closing a document in full screen
• [macOS] Fix for occasional crash when selecting Templates on High Sierra
• [Win] Save As and Export filenames and locations are no longer broken up when there are periods (full stops) in the filename
• [Win] Save As and Export save locations now default to the original document location, or if not set, the desktop
• Print Parts dialog now in score order
• Print Parts to PDF now prints in score order
• New crash reporters for macOS and Windows

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Learn more about the AIR Loudspeakers here! 

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This month score 30% off Notion’s String Techniques Bundle—No strings attached! Well, sort of. You get the idea. 

Click here to get it from the PreSonus Shop!

The String Technique Bundle enhances your composition and playback options for all string sections and includes a full array of dynamics, articulations and performance techniques for the String Section playback in Notion. These were all recorded by London Symphony Orchestra section leaders and players at Abbey Road Studios in London!

What’s included?

With this bundle you get:

• Violin Section
• Viola Section
• Cello Section
• Bass

This kit is compatible with Notion Version 4 and later.

Hurry, this offer is only good for August 2017!

Click here to get! 

Anything else you want to share?

Notion is tightly integrated with Studio One. Sometimes, the classical musician in me wants to compose in Notion, then send the score to Studio One (I simply click “Send to Studio One”), where I can then use Studio One to produce tracks around my score. Other times, I’d prefer to write a song on guitar and vocals, and then “Send to Notion” so I can write scoring around my song.

Notion is available at a discounted price for Studio One owners: $49 for Studio One Professional users and $99 for Studio One Artist users.

Click here for more info and to purchase Notion!

Notion iOS Update (2.0.183), June 2017.

What’s New:

• Slur control points – now when a slur is selected, you can drag its control points to adjust the start and end points, its placement, and even the curve itself.

Fixes:

• Fix not being able to import files from email or other apps
• Fix issue introduced by iOS10.3 that meant the cursor would occasionally jump on note entry
• Fix an issue that was occasionally resulting in notes not sounding during note entry until pressing play
• Update remaining old font selection dialogs
• Fix not being able to edit score text on double tap
• Fix occasional crash when selecting/resizing text boxes
• Fix not being able to drag text boxes

To get this free update, go to ‘Updates’ in the App Store on your device and look for Notion.