Notion Mobile 3.2 Now Available
Notion Mobile v3 took mobile music creation to the next level with support for iOS, Android, Windows and macOS. Now v3.2 adds many enhancements and fixes, as well as being available in a brand new app store, the Samsung Galaxy Store, for the very first time.
Notion Mobile is free, and all add-ons are included in a Studio One+ membership or available through the Feature Bundle in-app purchase. Download from your preferred App Store now
Top 5 New Features
1. Studio One+
Notion Mobile is now part of Studio One+, the new name for PreSonus Sphere. Unlock Notion Mobile across all platforms with one easy sign-in, plus get Notion 6 Desktop, Studio One 6 Professional, All add-ons and expansion sounds, exclusive training materials and online collaboration. Find out more here
2. Samsung Galaxy Store
Notion Mobile’s Android version can now be found in the Samsung Galaxy App Store. This makes Notion available for free in 6 App Stores and in 9 languages!
3. Chord, tablature and lead sheet improvements
It is now even easier to create leadsheets and tab with improvements in 3.2
| Add slides and gliss lines to grace notes | The most frequently added feature for writing for guitar – you can now add slides both between and to/from grace notes |
| More types of harmonics | Additional common harmonic types (pinch, tap and harp) are now available to enter into the score |
Fill with rhythm slash | You can now make a selection and automatically fill with rhythm slashes. You can still convert existing individual notes into rhythmic slashes as before, but with this new tool a whole range of empty measures can be filled with rhythmic slashes with one tap – by default the slash takes the common denominator of the time signature for its duration. |
| Paste lyrics from external source | You can now paste lyrics text that has been copied from another application (i.e. from the system clipboard). Use the lyrics tool to select the first note, then just paste! If there are hyphens or underscores then Notion will treat these for syllables and melisma respectively. Select text in another application and copy. Go back to Notion and use the Lyrics tool to click under the note you want to paste from. Then long press (or right click) and select ‘Paste’, or use the shortcut Ctrl+V (or Cmd+V) |
4. Notation improvements
| Mid-staff Instrument Change | You can now change instrument mid-staff with Notion Mobile and even have different instrument sounds in each voice. Though this has long been possible with Notion 6 desktop, this is the first time this feature has been available for Notion Mobile. This is for situations where a single player needs to swap instruments within the same piece of music, for example: a flautist changing to piccolo; a clarinettist switching between ‘A’ and ‘Bb’ instruments; a pianist changing to celesta. In musical theatre, woodwind players can swap between many instruments in a single song – from saxophone to flute to clarinet and back again! If the change involves a transposing instrument (such as cor anglais) then a change of key signature is automatically added:  In the Tools Grid select the new Instrument Change icon, or use the shortcut Shift+I:  Then tap wherever in the score you wish to change the instrument.  Select the instrument, and optionally, which voice you want to change |
Add multiple fingering numbers to chords | You can now stack multiple fingerings vertically for chords, as well as the ability to add finger substitutions (to change finger during a note) Select the finger number you want from the Fingering palette in the Tools Grid:  Then tap it onto the note you wish to apply to it. To enter a finger substitution, hold ‘Shift’ as you enter the number. If you’ve dragged any fingerings out of line, you can straighten them up by selecting a passage, then go to the context menu>Tools>Align Fingerings |
| Entering tuplets with different durations | It’s now much easier to create tuplets that contain different durations, both in touch, and in step time entry. Instead of having to create the base tuplet first (and then change the existing durations), you can now add the durations as they come. In this example, you select and enter the first triplet quarter note, then simply select and enter the triplet eighth notes. Notion will calculate and position them together. |
5. Transpose Input
It is now possible to elect whether your attached MIDI, Bluetooth MIDI, or onscreen instrument, transposes automatically on input. While this feature has long been possible in Notion 6 desktop, this is brand new to Notion Mobile, and allows a user to easily input already transposed music into Notion (“as is”). In the Application Menu, go to Record Options then ‘Transpose Input’
All Changes in Notion Mobile 3.2
| Group | Features / Fixes |
|---|---|
| Notation | Mid-staff Instrument change now possible (Shift+I) Slides and glissandi can now be added to grace notes Pedal up/down tool now available to Vibraphone Different harmonic type text now available for score entry: Harp Harmonic (HH), Tap Harmonic (TH), Pinch Harmonic(PH) Increased spacing between a time signature change and any following accidentals Cross-staff tuplet number no longer shows between staves Stems on cross-staff notes now show correctly when beam is dragged Beam is now shown on correct side if all notes in a group are cross-staff Fingering numbers can now be stacked vertically for chords Finger substitution dashes and numbers now can be added (hold shift while adding the finger number) Notes do not now overlap when they have different durations and in different voices Issue fixed where on some occasions a gliss could not be added to the 3rd beat |
| Editing | New ‘Fill with Rhythm Slashes’ tool (Context menu>Tools) Can now paste lyrics text from an external source (e.g. system clipboard) Can now advance lyrics on iOS with tab key (as well as space) Entering lyrics after a melisma now does not skip the next note Adjusting lyrics text size no longer changes the font on Android Can now flip a tie below/above notes (Context menu>Attachments>Show Above/Below, or Ctrl+Shift+F) Can now hide the tuplet number (Context menu>Make Custom Tuplet>Hide Number) Fingerings can be realigned (Make a selection>Context menu>Tools) Tempo markings can now be shortened, hidden, and deleted (Make a selection>Context Menu>Attachments) Measure tools in the Context Menu now affect the measure in which the menu was opened (rather than where the caret is located) |
| Note Entry | New ‘Transpose Entry’ option in Options>Record Setup. This will transpose notes entered with both a MIDI instrument, and with the onscreen instruments. Entering tuplets with different durations improved |
| Chords | Maj9 chords now play back as expected (i.e. not as dom9) Better handling of chord alterations (e.g. C13b9) |
| Parts | Titles on following pages can now be set at different sizes to page 1 as expected |
| UI | Palette spacing improvements Tooltips added for the Tools Grid [Android] Text now shows as expected when renaming scores Drumpad octave up/down buttons now represented with arrows |
| General | [iOS] Soundsets now retained when device is low on storage Rests are now not added to measures that have a one-measure repeat sign on MusicXML export [Android] Sound Installation buttons now responsive after removing sounds [Amazon] Pending Purchases now supported (i.e. when a purchase is made by a Kids Profile and requires Adult account approval) Documentation updated |