PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) - Manual (Page 274)

15.2
Notion enables you to play external .WAV digital audio files to incorporate into the overall sound . To hear the file in
playback in this release, you need to begin play or perform before the insertion point of the WAV file in the score .
As you work with WAV files, keep in mind:
8 Whenever possible, delete the front “dead air” out of the WAV files . If you do not have third-party software to do this,
insert the WAV file in advance of the beat where the WAV’s sounds actually start .
8 The WAV file must be have the format of 16-bit 44 .1 kHz .
8 When possible, insert the WAV file before you compose/arrange in Notion . This skips having to adjust note/rest time
values later .
8 WAV file playback is independent of NTempo performance features – except for triggering the start of the file’s
playback and halting the playback with Spacebar or the Esc key .
8 Of course, articulations, dynamics, metronome marks, and other notation markings do not alter the WAV file’s sound .
8 Since the WAV file is attached to a staff, you can refine the audio playback (such as volume or panning) for that staff’s
channel strip in the Mixer .
8 Notion searches and plays the WAV file in real time . For this reason, do not move, rename, or delete the WAV file . If
Notion cannot find the WAV file for playback, the staff will have no sound .
Identify a Staff for the File
You can place a WAV file on any staff on any beat . There is one requirement: you must have
saved the file at some point . A brand new (unsaved) score is in computer memory, not on
your hard drive, so the addition of a WAV file could consume available memory .
Keep in mind any notes that are currently on the staff you select
will be heard in playback . For this reason,
many users opt to use a Basic Staff for WAV files . This staff option has no instrument assigned to it .
1 . Ensure you are in Edit mode .
2 . Click the button to open Score Setup .
3 . Ensure Notion Instruments is selected in the lower right .
4 . Hover over Basic .
5 . Select Treble Cleff Staff .
Add File to Staff
1 . Ensure you are in Edit mode .
TIP: It doesn’t matter where the cursor is at the moment: the audio file’s name will display on your Music Cursor and
you will click where you want the file later in step 5 .
2 . Go to the Menu bar and select Score > Attach Audio .
» If you haven’t saved your score, Notion alerts you to do that before you proceed . Otherwise, an Open dialog
box displays .
3 . Find and select the WAV file you want .
» If successful, the audio file’s name is on your Music Cursor .
4 . Position the Music Cursor on a staff where you want the audio file to begin . If you want to place this trigger on a
beat other than beat one, fill the measure with rests and position the Music Cursor over the rest that’s on the beat
you want .
5 . Either click your mouse or press Enter .
» The name of the file appears above the staff at this location .
◙ A WAV file ready to play on beat 3.
6 . The file is still on your Music Cursor if you need to add the file to another place in the score . If you are done with it,
press Esc .
Add Audio (WAV) Files to your Score