PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) - Manual (Page 147)

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The next section is where you insert and edit the actual rules
Click insert to add a new rule
Double click ‘Edit Remark . . .’ to name the rule
Set a Condition and then an action (e .g . “If this, then do that”)
A condition could be an notated articulation, dynamic, technique for
example .
An action could be a channel change, keyswitch or dynamic change for
example .
In the drop down menus, either scroll and select, or click the menu
once, and start typing the value you require . Press Enter to select .
Uncheck Enabled to bypass the rule (very useful for testing)
Click the cogwheel to edit the whole rule (e .g . cut/copy/delete/move)
You can also use Undo in the Rules Editor window .
A full list of conditions, techniques and actions, is in the Reference section from Chapter 16.5. Click here
Flags
By using Flags, you can achieve more control over your VSTi, especially when creating a more involved ruleset . You can
also set a ‘main’ default sound, so you can more easily control unsetting techniques for example, when returning from a
pizzicato sound for example . A flag can be any 4-letter
combination, that suits you .
In this example, the main sound is set by a rule at the top, and
a rule at the bottom, with a pizzicato flag added in between
- Notion goes through these rules meeting the conditions, and
if none are met, will play the default sustain sound . (You can
also set a “no techniques rule” to achieve a similar result)
Using flags is a good way of controlling using senza sord,
normale, arco - where those particular techniques don’t always
mean a return to the default sound, rather they unset a
previous technique . (As you could still want con sord, when
moving between arco and pizz) .
Smooth hairpins
If you are drawing volume/expression, make sure you use a different channel to Notion’s printed hairpins, or you will get
sudden jagged jumps
Middle C!
Some VSTi’s use different octave numbering systems . Some are like Notion and view middle C, as C4 . Others, like Konkakt,
label middle C as C3 . So when creating keyswitch rules, you may need to shift an octave before you see the keyswitch take
effect