User Manual
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Notion Score Library: A collection of over 200 public domain scores all in the Notion format, that includes orchestral and
piano works that can be used in a variety of ways from accompaniment to score study. Make sure you download the
folder from your my.presonus.com account. A complete list of les can be found within the folder.
Layout controls
View/Hide Layout Handles: Go to View>Show Layout Handles or Cmd/Ctrl+L.
Respace measure widths: Show Layout Handles and drag to respace. To reset the width, shift click the box or right click
the measure>Reset Measure Width.
Respace staves / systems: Show Layout Handles and drag the larger system box to respace vertically. To reset the width,
shift click the box or right click the measure>Reset Measure Width.
Hide and show empty staves: For full control over the page, you can now custom hide or show empty staves, on a
system to system basis. Make a selection and go to View>Hide/Show Resting Staves
Hairpin angles: Show Layout Handles, then drag the single square on the closed end to angle the whole hairpin. Drag
the squares at the open end to adjust the opening angle of the hairpin
Drag hairpins vertically: Select and drag the hairpin up and down to adjust vertical placement.
Enter chords anywhere: Now you can place a chord anywhere over a long note or empty measure, and it will attach
automatically to the nearest beat.
Drag more items anywhere: articulations can be dragged in any direction, rests can now be dragged vertically,
articulations can now be dragged in any direction
Multi-measure rest feature completely redesigned: Now better looking and much more intuitive.
Part names: Part names can be added automatically, and also edited directly
Notation
Mid-sta instrument and transposition change: Changing from e.g. Flute to Alto Sax now shows key signature change
at point of instrument change
Mid-sta transposition change in same instrument: Change from e.g. Clarinet in A to Clarinet in Bb. Go to Change
Instrument (Shift+I), select New Instrument. Select its transposition from ‘Notation/Tab’. Click OK and click the change into
the score,.
Change enharmonic of indidual notes in a chord: Select the note you wish, and press Shift+E. To change the whole
chord, double click to select all the notes in the chord rst.
Write hammer-on directly into TAB: Add a slur directly into a tablature sta. Use Shift+S for slur. You can still use the
previous Notion ‘H’ for hammer on for playback
Paste lyrics from an external source: Copy and paste from a text editor application, and paste into Lyrics in Notion.
Notion will advance the lyrics on a space, and if you have entered hyphens (-) or underscores (_) in your text, it will space
syllables and melisma respectively across notes. Once you copied the text, go back into Notion, place the cursor on the
note you wish the rst word to appear, then go to Edit>Paste Lyrics and choose the verse number.
Ukulele chords: Now you can enter ukulele chords! Open the Chord Library - then select the ukulele sta. You will see the
chord library now shows 4-string ukulele chords.
Many MusicXML enhancements for seamless transfer with other notation apps: See a list of all xes at blog.presonus.
com
Audio/Video
Metronome now available in playback: Click the metronome icon in the taskbar
Preroll record feature: Select how many measures you wish to hear before you start your MIDI record in.
Video window control buttons: Frame advance, Add hitpoint, Play, Stop and Video audio control buttons added to Video
Window
Export audio as mp3: Now you can export your score as mp3. Select the option in the Export Audio menu
More FX slots: Now two banks of FX slots are available in the mixer. Select either 1-4 or 5-8.
MIDI Over ReWire: Now send MIDI in realtime over ReWire into your DAW
Fixes and Enhancements
There are many xes and enhancements in Notion 6 - check out our blog that outlines every single one of them:
http://blog.presonus.com/index.php/notion-6-new-features/