PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) - Manual (Page 78)

5.4
Panning
Immediately above the fader are controls for panning (specifying the left-right placement of the instrument in stereo) .
With the stereo sounds of Notion, you have two dimensions to specify: left/right placement and “width” of the sound .
You drag the L dot (for left speaker) and/or the R dot (for the right speaker) to specify the sonic
placement of the instrument in a stereo field . The further away you want the instrument to sound,
the closer you bring the L and R dots together anywhere across the axis . Placing left stereo channel
far left and right stereo channel far right is optimum for a close- to medium-mic’d sounds .
TIP: “Studio” recordings often keep a fairly wide separation between the L and R dots, but plant the two dots
at different horizontal positions on all instruments for a “you are right there” feel . “Concert hall” recordings
shorten the separation between the L and R dots and plant them by sections as a conductor would expect to
hear them standing in front of an orchestra (remember to keep the L and R dots wide for solo instruments) .
If you prefer to Enter numbers:
1 . Double click on the C, L or R dot .
» A temporary text box opens, with the current level displayed .
2 . Replace the current number with the number you want (0-9 decimals are supported) . All the way to the leftmost
point is -1 .0 and all the way to the rightmost point is +1 .0 . The cEnter is 0 .0 .
3 . Then either press Enter or click anywhere in the mixer away from the text box .
Mute and Solo
Conveniently located on the Mixer panel for each instrument are Mute and
Solo buttons you can set up during editing or before playback .
8 To mute an instrument so it is not heard, click the Mute button .
> Click again to end the mute .
> You can click Mute in multiple panels to mute multiple instruments .
> Not only is this feature helpful to isolate sounds during editing, it also offers quick muting of one or more
instruments so you can have live musicians play those instruments along with Notion .
8 To automatically mute all instruments except one, click Solo . All other instruments all automatically become muted
> To listen to more than one solo instruments, click Solo on two or more instruments .
Pan, Mute, and Solo