PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) - Manual (Page 27)

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Set Up MIDI Devices
You have the option in Notion of setting up external MIDI devices as an alternative to a computer
keyboard or as sound sources to supplement Notion’s built-in sound library .
Set up a MIDI Keyboard
You have the option in Notion of using an external MIDI keyboard to:
8 Perform scores, instead of using a computer keyboard .
8 Use Live Play to play anything you want live using a Notion instrument’s sounds . With this free-form feature, only
available with a MIDI keyboard, you can play solo or play along with a Notion score .
8 Use a MIDI keyboard to input notation into a score (MIDI input) .
The major advantage of using a MIDI keyboard (instead of a computer keyboard) with NTempo is that most models are
velocity sensitive . Therefore, you can control volume as well as tempo (the harder the tapping, the louder the sound) .
1 . Go to the Menu bar and select: Windows: File > Preferences; Mac: Notion > Preferences.
» A preferences dialog box opens .
◙ Preference dialog box, General Tab, top portion only.
2 . With Echo MIDI input selected, you can play anything on the MIDI keyboard and hear it performed by Notion as
long as your MIDI keyboard is sending information that is not on the channel you specified in NTempo Channel . If
you want, you can disable the
Live Play feature completely by clearing this checkbox .
3 . At NTempo Channel on the MIDI IO Tab, you specify which MIDI channel will be reserved for performing with
NTempo features . All other channels enable the Live Play feature . If you are unsure how to switch MIDI send
channels on your MIDI keyboard, ensure there’s a “1” in this drop-down list, as most MIDI instrument output defaults
to Channel 1 . Now you will be able to perform scores but not use Live Play . When you want to switch to Live Play,
select another channel (or None) .
4 . Unfortunately, MIDI keyboard manufacturers vary widely with respect to how they implement velocity . You can
reset the NTempo dynamics slider if you get too little or too much variation in volume with changes in velocity on
your particular keyboard model . With too low a setting (too far left), only score dynamics are read; velocity does not
seem to affect the volume of sound you hear . With too high a setting (too far right), you produce more variation in
dynamics than you intend or can control in a comforTable and natural manner .
5 . Click the MIDI IO Tab .