Features


Traditional Notation or Tablature – Fast and Easy

• Easily compose, play back, and edit music
  
• Perform scores using Notion as a live instrument and save your performance
  
• Create a score on a Mac®, Windows® computer or tablet, and continue to edit on iPad® or iPhone® and vice versa
  
• Interactive Entry Tools: Keyboard, Fretboard, Drum Pad, Chord Library (including custom chords)
  
• Cross-platform handwriting recognition, powered by MyScript™ for written entry
  
• Sequencer overlay to see notation and MIDI data on the same staff
  
• Windows touchscreen support… just use your finger or stylus and tap
  
• Work with Notion in your native language with options for Sim. Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish
  


Create and Perform with Unmatched Sound Quality

• Best playback of any notation product, with samples recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, Roy and Victor Wooten, Neil Zaza, Soundiron, and others.
  
• Full guitar and bass articulations in playback
  
• Custom rules editor for instrument specific articulations
  
• Increase your sonic palette with additional expansion sounds from PreSonus or your favorite VST Instruments and libraries.
  
• Process audio with included PreSonus® Native Effects Limiter, Compressor, and Pro EQ plug-ins or other VST plug-ins.
  
• Mix with a DAW-style console with up to 8 individual buses
  
• Live performance options include play, tap, vamp, repeat, fade, playback dynamics, and navigate with Heads Up Display
  


Serious Studio Integration

• Transfer audio and note data between Notion™ and Studio One® anywhere on your network
  
• ReWire support (host and slave), with real-time audio and MIDI transfers to a DAW
  
• Set music to film with advanced video capabilities
  
• Compose to picture with the video window
  
• Import video in a variety of formats: MP4, H.264, MPEG, MOV, AVI, M4V, and 3GP on Mac and Windows, plus WMV on Windows
  
• Native 64-bit support
  
• Retina (Mac) and High-DPI (Windows) support for high resolution displays
  

Deliver Professional Scores and Polished Performances

• Print entire scores, individual parts, or lead sheets with chords and lyrics
  
• Layout control tools: drag notes, measure lines, time signatures, and more, while avoiding accidental respacing
  
• Show/hide parts independently by system for maximum readability
  
• Import/export files to/from Finale® and Sibelius® via MusicXML or other apps via Standard MIDI
  
• Export scores as PDF files
  
• Export WAV or MP3 audio files
  
• One-click Bounce All export of individual staves or mixed buses.
  
• Share music with fans instantly via SoundCloud™
  
• For all new features, fixes and changes in Notion 6, click here.