PreSonus Notion for iOS New Features
June 9, 2015 by Steve Oppenheimer
The following features are new in PreSonus® Notion® for iOS®:
- Universal app – now on iPhone®, iPod touch®, and iPad®
- iCloud® support for seamless workflow with other iOS devices and desktop (Mac®/Windows®)
- Sound manager (Your Sounds) to customize how much space Notion takes up on each device
- 64-bit version for improved performance
- Quick Access palette – the most frequently used tools combined in one palette
- UI completely redesigned and updated
- New iOS-idiomatic menus and dialogs
- Document templates
- New Standard Staves selection in score setup allows adding generic staves to a score
- Alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, and glockenspiel now part of the initial bundle (via free unlock)
- New in-app purchase instruments and bundles
- 13 new woodwind and brass sounds
- New ukulele sound
- New bundles: Jazz Bundle and Guitar Bundle
- New language added: Simplified Chinese
Enhancements:
- Write for all instruments, even if you haven’t purchased the sound
- Enhanced font selection and page text editing
- New workflow for setting up a new score
- New page layout controls
- Onscreen keyboard jumps to relative range of selected instrument
- Can start downloads/in-app purchases from Part Details view in score setup
- Press and hold to rename/duplicate scores on home screen
- Better initial zoom when loading a score
- New SATB template file
- Instrument names show automatically on parts
- Add chord summary score option
- Option in Instrument Setup for chords to be shown transposed or in concert pitch
- When sounds have finished downloading in the background, they will automatically become available in the score on which you are working
- Default file name added during setup
- New in-app purchases:
- alto flute
- bass flute
- basset horn
- contrabass clarinet
- oboe d’amore
- bass oboe
- piccolo trumpet
- soprano trumpet
- cornet
- flugelhorn
- Wagner tuba
- alto trombone
- bass trumpet
- guitars bundle
- jazz bundle
Fixes
- Enharmonic tool moved into Accidentals palette
- Scores shared with Notion for Mac/Windows now retain jazz font
- Playback marker now continues during playback in Continuous view
- If Scroll with Entry is off, don’t scroll the score when pressing the next and previous arrows (previously called “Auto-Scroll”)
- Add Long Drum and Whistling to the percussion bundle
- Add some missing or incorrect instrument images
- Correct some errors in the demo files
- Add in vocal ranges when writing for voice
- Fix not scrolling properly in continuous view during playback when zoomed out
Minimum System Requirements
This update runs on all Apple iOS devices running iOS 8 or higher:
iPhone: iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s*, iPhone 6*, iPhone 6+*
iPad: iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad mini, iPad mini 2*, iPad mini 3*, iPad 4, iPad Air*, iPad Air 2*
iPod touch: iPod touch 5
*Notion will run natively in 64-bit on these devices
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