PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) - Manual (Page 260)

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Customize Timing: Drag Left or Right
The sound of a bend is also defined by when you stretch and when you release a string . By clicking anywhere on a bend
symbol, orange boxes appear at the ends (as in the example to the right) . Click and drag an orange box to define when
the bend or release ends . By dragging to the left, you shorten the time; to the right, you lengthen the waiting time .
Hold Before Release
When your bend includes a release, the bend stretches a string to a target pitch and then begins right away to release
the string back to normal . If, however, you want to hold the stretched pitch for any duration before starting the release,
you use a Hold symbol . When you use a Hold, you also use separate Bend (or Prebend) and Release symbols . To “fit”
all three symbols into a note’s duration, you need to change their default durations: click each symbol and move the
orange boxes left or right as needed to indicate how soon you want the bend and how long you want to hold before the
release starts . Here’s an example of two half notes in a measure with a Bend, Hold, and Release on just the first note:
1 . After Entering symbols: 2 . Click to show orange boxes: 3 . Drag so all symbols fit:
Interplay Stretched and Normal Notes
You can create interesting sounds when you intersperse bended and normal notes in a phrase . But putting
a bend on a chord of two (or more) notes equally bends all notes in the chord . To place a bend on one
note while leaving the other note at the original pitch, use multi-voice entry . In the examples below
the top notes are all Voice 1, played in a normal fashion . All the lower notes are separately Entered as
Voice 2 (with bends) . Since the bends you place on Voice 2 do not affect the notes you Entered in Voice
1, the interplay between stretched and normal notes provides interesting blues/rock lead effects .
Examples of interplaying bended and normal notes.
Example 1: Example 2: