User Manual
10.10
With Notion, you can place standard dynamic marks into any sta and have the program respond to
the marks during playback and .WAV le export. You can use keyboard shortcuts or click the Entry
Palette to place dynamic marks on individual instruments or on dierent voices of the same instrument.
There are no limits on the number of dierent dynamics you can have throughout a score.
TIP: Dynamic marks are an excellent way to communicate volume changes to musicians reading your
score. However, if your current project is making a composition’s playback sound as realistic as possible,
then using dynamics to ne-tune all volumes can get tedious. A faster (and more accurate) way of
controlling volumes throughout a score for playback is Velocity Overdub, discussed in Chapter 11.
Use Keyboard Shortcuts
1. Select the dynamic you need:
> Press F repeatedly to cycle on your Music Cursor through four louder (forte) dynamic marks:
TIP: To quickly select mezzo forte ( ), press Shift + F.
> Press P repeatedly to cycle on your Music Cursor through four softer (piano) dynamic marks:
TIP: To quickly select mezzo piano ( ), press Shift + P.
> Press either the period key (.) or Shift + period (>) to place a diminuendo mark ( ) on your Music Cursor.
2. Position the Music Cursor where you want to place the dynamic marking.
3. Click the mouse or press Enter.
4. If you are Entering a crescendo or diminuendo mark:
> Click the mouse or press Enter.
Use the Entry Palette
1. In the Entry Palette, hover over the fth pane from the left. A pop-up menu of options appears.
◙ Dynamic mark options.
Also, the fourth pane from the left oers Sforzando score markings: these are not heard in playback.
2. Click the graphic of the dynamic marking you need.
»The item displays on your Music Cursor.
3. Position the Music Cursor where you want to place the dynamic marking.
4. Click the mouse or press Enter.
5. If you are Entering a crescendo or diminuendo mark:
> Move (don’t drag) the Music Cursor to where you want the mark to end.
> Then click the mouse or press Enter.
Add Dynamics