User Manual
11.6
Notion enables you to play external WAV (.wav) digital audio les to incorporate into the overall sound. To hear the le
in playback in this release, you need to begin play or perform before the insertion point of the WAV le in the score.
As you work with WAV les, keep in mind:
8 Whenever possible, delete the front “dead air” out of the WAV les. If you do not have third-party software to do this,
insert the WAV le in advance of the beat where the WAV’s sounds actually start.
8 The WAV le must have the format of 16-bit 44.1 kHz.
8 When possible, insert the WAV le before you compose/arrange in Notion. This skips having to adjust note/rest time
values later.
8 WAV le playback is independent of NTempo performance features – except for triggering the start of the le’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 le’s sound.
8 Since the WAV le is attached to a sta, you can rene the audio playback (such as volume or panning) for that sta’s
channel strip in the Mixer.
8 Notion searches and plays the WAV le in real time. For this reason, do not move, rename, or delete the WAV le. If
Notion cannot nd the WAV le for playback, the sta will have no sound.
Identify a Sta for the File
You can place a WAV le on any sta on any beat. There is one requirement: you must have
saved the le at some point. A brand new (unsaved) score is in computer memory, not on
your hard drive, so the addition of a WAV le could consume available memory.
Keep in mind any notes that are currently on the sta you select will be heard in playback. For this reason,
many users opt to use a Basic Sta for WAV les. This sta 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 Special Staves.
5. Select Basic Sta.
Add File to Sta
1. Ensure you are in Edit mode.
TIP: It doesn’t matter where the cursor is at the moment: the audio le’s name will display on your Music
Cursor and you will click where you want the le later in step 5.
2. Go to the Menu bar and select Tools > Attach Audio File.
» 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 le you want.
» If successful, the audio le’s name is on your Music Cursor.
4. Position the Music Cursor on a sta where you want the audio le to begin. If you want to place this trigger on a
beat other than beat one, ll 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 le appears above the sta at this location.
◙ A WAV file ready to play on beat 3.
6. The le is still on your Music Cursor if you need to add the le to another place in the score. If you are done with it,
press Esc.
Add WAV Files