Layout controls, Notation, Audio/video – PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) User Manual
Page 10: Fixes and enhancements
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Notion Score Library
: A collection of over 200 public domain scores all in the Notion format, that includes orchestral and
piano works that can be used in a variety of ways from accompaniment to score study . Make sure you download the
folder from your my .presonus .com account . A complete list of files can be found within the folder .
Layout controls
View/Hide Layout Handles:
Go to View>Show Layout Handles or Cmd/Ctrl+L .
Respace measure widths:
Show Layout Handles and drag to respace . To reset the width, shift click the box or right click
the measure>Reset Measure Width .
Respace staves / systems:
Show Layout Handles and drag the larger system box to respace vertically . To reset the width,
shift click the box or right click the measure>Reset Measure Width .
Hide and show empty staves:
For full control over the page, you can now custom hide or show empty staves, on a
system to system basis . Make a selection and go to View>Hide/Show Resting Staves
Hairpin angles:
Show Layout Handles, then drag the single square on the closed end to angle the whole hairpin . Drag
the squares at the open end to adjust the opening angle of the hairpin
Drag hairpins vertically:
Select and drag the hairpin up and down to adjust vertical placement .
Enter chords anywhere:
Now you can place a chord anywhere over a long note or empty measure, and it will attach
automatically to the nearest beat .
Drag more items anywhere:
articulations can be dragged in any direction, rests can now be dragged vertically,
articulations can now be dragged in any direction
Multi-measure rest feature completely redesigned:
Now better looking and much more intuitive .
Part names:
Part names can be added automatically, and also edited directly
Notation
Mid-staff instrument and transposition change:
Changing from e .g . Flute to Alto Sax now shows key signature change
at point of instrument change
Mid-staff transposition change in same instrument:
Change from e .g . Clarinet in A to Clarinet in Bb . Go to Change
Instrument (Shift+I), select New Instrument . Select its transposition from ‘Notation/Tab’ . Click OK and click the change into
the score, .
Change enharmonic of indidual notes in a chord:
Select the note you wish, and press Shift+E . To change the whole
chord, double click to select all the notes in the chord first .
Write hammer-on directly into TAB:
Add a slur directly into a tablature staff . Use Shift+S for slur . You can still use the
previous Notion ‘H’ for hammer on for playback
Paste lyrics from an external source:
Copy and paste from a text editor application, and paste into Lyrics in Notion .
Notion will advance the lyrics on a space, and if you have entered hyphens (-) or underscores (_) in your text, it will space
syllables and melisma respectively across notes . Once you copied the text, go back into Notion, place the cursor on the
note you wish the first word to appear, then go to Edit>Paste Lyrics and choose the verse number .
Ukulele chords:
Now you can enter ukulele chords! Open the Chord Library - then select the ukulele staff . You will see the
chord library now shows 4-string ukulele chords .
Many MusicXML enhancements for seamless transfer with other notation apps:
See a list of all fixes at blog .presonus .
com
Audio/Video
Metronome now available in playback:
Click the metronome icon in the taskbar
Preroll record feature:
Select how many measures you wish to hear before you start your MIDI record in .
Video window control buttons:
Frame advance, Add hitpoint, Play, Stop and Video audio control buttons added to Video
Window
Export audio as mp3:
Now you can export your score as mp3 . Select the option in the Export Audio menu
More FX slots:
Now two banks of FX slots are available in the mixer . Select either 1-4 or 5-8 .
MIDI Over ReWire:
Now send MIDI in realtime over ReWire into your DAW
Fixes and Enhancements
There are many fixes and enhancements in Notion 6 - check out our blog that outlines every single one of them: