PreSonus Blog

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