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Notion 6.5 is here! Launch Notion and you’ll be notified of the update. Click “install now” to get it! Release notes follow.

Notion 6.5 Release Notes

NEW FEATURES & ENHANCEMENTS

Studio One Integration

• Drum tracks can now be transferred from Studio One and are automatically translated into standard drum set notation:

If you’re using Drum Patterns in Studio One, be sure to convert to a track before sending to Notion

• Chords imported from Studio One’s chord track, now playback if slash notation is present
• Chords imported from Studio One can now all be selected in one go with Select Special>Select Chord Symbols
• Accidentals in imported chords from Studio One’s chord track now display correctly

MusicXML updates
MusicXML is a file format that you can use to import and export scores to and from other notation applications. Notion 6.5 has a number of updates to the support of MusicXML – not just on new articulations and symbols, but also major improvements in guitar tablature and with voices.

• Tablature export and import reworked
• Support for .musicxml file extension
• Better handling of any missing slur end elements on import, to avoid very long slurs occurring
• Voices on grand staff re-worked
• When importing with time signatures that have a high numeral (e.g. 11/4), whole measure rests now show in empty measures
• New elements imported:
  • sf, sfp, fp, sfz and fz
  • Beaming
  • Measured tremolos that include tuplets
  • Very short duration notes (down to 1024th notes)
  • Fermatas
  • Harmonic circle symbol / Open circle symbol
  • Snap (Bartok) pizzicato
  • Scoop, doit and fall-offt
• New elements exported:
  • Clef changes
  • Pizz and arco
  • Pre-bends
  • sf, sfp, fp, sfz and fz
  • Mutes
  • Measured tremolos
  • Noteheads
  • Fermatas
  • Harmonic circle symbol / Open circle symbol
  • Snap (Bartok) pizzicato
  • Scoop, doit and fall-off

Tremolo

• Entry behaviour changed: e.g. for a fingered tremolo with quarter duration, now insert two eighths before applying the tremolo.

Write this

Select the tremolo and click on the note

Notion displays this

• Tremolo can now be clicked onto the first note or in between notes
• Stems now can go in either direction in a voice 2 tremolo

• Fingered tremolos that include chords now play back

• Fingered tremolos with 3-beams now play back, even if there is no sample present
• Bug fixed for the second note of a fingered tremolo changing duration if tremolo clicked onto second note (now does nothing)
• Bug fixed for a third note being added to an existing tremolo, if a tremolo is clicked onto the second note (now does nothing)

Slash notation

• Bass note of chords now supported in playback
• Augmentation dot has more spacing when using Jazz Font

• Slashes now also play back from chords imported from Studio One

Rules

• [Win] User preset techniques can now be inserted with the mouse when there are multiple techniques to choose from
  Solo/a2/a3/tutti expressions added to Rules Editor
• Erroneous note-offs now not sent when ‘automatic note-offs’ is in a rule

Selection

• [Win] Ctrl+click now works like right click so context menu can be accessed even in the absence of a mouse (if for example using a Windows tablet and attached keyboard)
• [Win] Fix events not being able to be unselected on touchscreen
• [Win] If palette is hidden, then right click no longer cancels selection
• [Win] If palette is hidden, then right clicking on a note no longer auditions the note

General Fixes

• Superfluous ‘File>Page Setup’ dialog removed – page sizes changed via Score>Full Score Options, or Score>Parts Options
• Pasting into a different voice now does not remove any existing rest at the beginning of the destination measure
• Default video framerate changed to 24fps so that the toolbar time display matches the score (framerate can be changed from the ‘Attach Video’ dialog)
• [Win] Notion’s Studio One launcher now also looks for Studio One 4
• Updated Studio One image in the ‘Send to Studio One’ dialog
• Fix for text getting cut off in Instrument Settings in German language only
• [macOS] Fix for Progression files (.prog) opening with Notion 6
• User Guide and Shortcuts pdf updated with Jazz articulation shortcuts
• [Win] Fix occasional issue in some Print/Print to PDF/Save scenarios
• [Mac] Issue fixed if an instrument is double clicked in the ‘Change Instrument’ dialog

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

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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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.

Notion iOS update (2.0.171), April 2017

What’s New

• New Notion “Widget” to quickly access recent scores, or to quickly setup a simple score. To add,  just swipe right over your device’s Home screen, Lock screen, or Notification Centre, tap ‘Edit’ and select Notion.
• New “Send To…” feature, to share exported files from Notion with other apps on the same device or to use AirDrop with nearby devices via Bluetooth. Go to export, select required file format, and then tap “Send To…”
• New “Open in” button on Help pdf, allowing the Notion Help Guide to be opened with other pdf readers on the same device (and thereby allowing search, export etc)
• Updated Chorus and Organ sounds – go to ‘Sounds’ and swipe left to remove the old versions. Then re-download the sound by tapping on the cloud icon.
• New button to engage Step Entry when using an external MIDI instrument
• New option in Instrument Setup to show circles around half/whole notes in tablature
• When importing or exporting drum parts via MIDI, Notion now maps the notes to its standard GM drum mapping
• Notion now draws drumset cymbals and hi-hats with cross-head noteheads by default, when importing drum parts via MIDI or using onscreen drum pad
• Scroll in Playback option added to View Options

Fixes:

• Handwriting
• Fix to adding extra ledger lines to previously entered notes
• When handwriting where part contains existing tab notes, for any notes that are not changing, preserve the existing tab strings.
• When handwriting into a part that is linked to tablature, use the same tab logic as for standard note entry
• Fix for when handwriting into a measure that already has an existing dotted chord, the dotted chord would become double-dotted.
• Fix for when adding a note with handwriting to a measure that contained a chord with multiple ledger lines, the chord would change
• Fix for handwriting over more than one measure at a time in the handwriting window
• Fix for when handwriting over more than one system

General

• Dynamic Parts now show in score order
• Glissandi between two close chromatic notes now show in the right direction
• Glissandi now centre on noteheads, not attachments
• Fix for not setting some instrument transpositions when importing MusicXML
• When dragging an articulation, the crosshead is centred on the articulation, rather than its notehead
• Fix stems not lining up on cross-staff chords
• Accidental is now not hidden if a note from a chord is sent to the other staff with the cross-staff tool
• Flags now show on unbeamed cross-staff notes
• When in Step Time, Bb and Eb transposing instruments now spell notes as expected
• When importing lyrics from MusicXML, verse number is now correctly set
• Enharmonic tool now works on chords
• Clear special no longer clears harp tuning diagrams or attached rules
• Notes for transposing instruments now spelt better when in remote minor keys
• Measure is now spaced correctly when empty and another staff has a whole rest in the same frame
• Drumset unmeasured tremolo now responds to hairpins
• Stem direction now only affects the selected beam group (rather than the whole measure)
• When exporting as MIDI, articulations (such as staccato altering note lengths) are now taken into account
• Fix up occasional issue with hairpins when exporting MusicXML
• If language is set to Spanish, then load Spanish feedback page.
• Fix for tab notes not being retained, when recording in real-time with the onscreen fretboard
• Reset tab numbers now only resets selected notes, rather than whole measure
• Scores now save whether onscreen virtual instruments (e.g. piano/fretboard are showing or not)
• Fix for adding an extraneous double barline, when an existing double barline is followed by a cut (and linked fix, for a crash when layout handles are shown on the extra double barline)
• Can now type lyrics into left hand of grand staff
• Slides between two close chromatic notes now show in the right direction
• Glissandi now do not collide with note dots or accidentals
• Hide resting staves now does not hide first and second endings, if the top staff is hidden
• Fix for some short sounds causing a crash in playback (e.g. closed hi-hat, high claves, oboe duo)
• Fix for scores jumping when entering notes towards the bottom of the screen
• Fix for occasionally not being able to scroll to the bottom of the score.
• Fix the All Bundle image being used in Score Setup for Piano instead of the Piano image
• General stability improvements

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