User Manual

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Contents
How to Best Use this Guide ......................v
Technical Support ...............................v
Automatic Software Updates ...................vi
64-bit ........................................... vi
New in Notion 6.4 - Overview ..................vii
New in Notion 6 - Overview ....................ix
CHAPTER 1: Explore Notion
Startup Screen ................................1.2
Select Your Keyboard Shortcut Set ............1.3
Main Components .............................1.4
Menu Bar ......................................1.5
NTempo Mode or Edit Mode ...................1.6
Toolbar ........................................1.7
Virtual Instruments ...........................1.8
Score Area ....................................1.9
Entry Palette .................................1.10
Mixer .........................................1.13
Score Setup ..................................1.14
Set Up Audio .................................1.15
Set Up MIDI Devices ..........................1.17
Help Options .................................1.19
CHAPTER 2: Notion Files
Open a File ....................................2.2
Save, Save As, and Revert .....................2.3
Export to audio file ............................2.4
Export to MIDI or MusicXML Files .............2.5
Export for SMP Press ..........................2.5
iOS Integration ................................2.6
Print a Score ...................................2.7
Dynamic Parts .................................2.9
Close or Exit (Quit) ...........................2.11
CHAPTER 3: Customize Your View
Zoom and Resize/Move Window .............3.2
Change Page View .............................3.3
Hide/Show Any Instrument ...................3.4
Move Staves ...................................3.5
Notation Size and Style .......................3.6
Transposed or Concert Pitch ..................3.7
Change Theme ................................3.8
Set Up Measure Numbers .....................3.9
View One Part ................................3.10
Measures in Each System / System Breaks ....3.12
Measure / Sta / System Spacing .............3.13
Part Names and Abbreviations ...............3.14
Sequencer Overlay ...........................3.15
CHAPTER 4: NTempo Mode
Play or Perform a Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2
Notion Score Library ..........................4.2
Heads-Up Display .............................4.3
Play a Score ...................................4.5
Perform a Score (NTempo) ....................4.7
NTempo Staff ..................................4.9
NTempo Keyboard Shortcuts .................4.10
Vamps ........................................4.11
Fades .........................................4.13
Skip Repeat ..................................4.14
MIDI Keyboard: Defaults .....................4.15
MIDI Keyboard: Customize ...................4.17
MIDI Keyboard: Live Play .....................4.19
CHAPTER 5: The Mixer
Channel Strips .................................5.2
VSTi / ReWire ................................5.2
Fader ........................................5.3
Pan, Mute, and Solo .........................5.4
Insert VST Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5
Plug-in Manager ..............................5.6
Master Channel Strip ..........................5.8
Buses ..........................................5.9
Output Button ................................5.11
Send to External Equipment .................5.13
CHAPTER 6: Editing Tools
Edit Mode Operation ..........................6.2
Select and Highlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4
Undo and Redo ................................6.6
Cut, Copy, and Paste ...........................6.7
Delete and Substitute .........................6.8
Clear and Clear Special .......................6.10
Hide/Show Score Objects ....................6.12
Duplicate .....................................6.13
Express Entry Mode ..........................6.14