PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) - Manual (Page 87)

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By default, sounds from Notion instruments route to your computer’s sound card . All mixing of instrument
sounds and effects are completed by that point and you can hear your finished score played through
speakers, headphones, or a house amplification system you hook up to your computer’s analog output
connectors . But you can also quickly set up Notion to send digital signals to professional equipment in
theaters or studios, where final mixing (and, in many cases, adding effects) is completed completely outside
of your computer, such as at a mixing board or a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) . To support this, your
computer must have a USB, Firewire, S/PDIF, or similar digital feed that can carry multiple stereo channels
to an external audio distribution box, digital mixer, DAW, or similar external production equipment .
There are two major ways to sent up external digital routing with Notion, one is ideal for eight or fewer
separate stereo channels, and the other is intended for up to 32 separate stereo channels .
Up to Eight Stereo Channels
In this procedure you send the various instruments in your score to the eight bus
channel strips for routing to your choice of eight stereo channels .
1 . Since there are eight buses (A through H), decide ahead of time how you will divide up the instruments in your
score between these eight destinations .
2 . Set up the bus channel strips at the same gain control level (0db is preferred) to start . Unless there is specific need
for one group of instruments to have a specific effect, remove all effects on these channel strips .
3 . Click the Output button on each bus channel strip and select your choice of stereo channels (a different pair for
each bus) .
4 . Go to the channel strip for an instrument and click the Output button .
» A menu appears . The default selection is Master .
5 . In the menu click Sends Only .
6 . Using the list you made in step 1, Enter a number (try 100) in the appropriate
bus circle .
7 . Complete steps 4-6 for all instruments .
Up to 32 Stereo Channels
In this procedure you send the various instruments in your score to your choice
of up to 32 stereo channels, bypassing the buses altogether .
1 . Decide ahead of time how you will divide up the instruments in your score between the 32 (or fewer) destinations .
2 . Go to the channel strip for an instrument and click the Output button .
» A menu appears . The default selection is Master .
3 . Using the list you made in step 1, select one of the stereo channel pairs for this instrument .
4 . Complete steps 2 and 3 for all instruments .
Send to External Equipment