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NOTION's score-entry interface offers a set of highly-intuitive keyboard shortcuts that make manual entry faster than ever. The NTempo™ feature enables you to take musical ideas even further, offering the opportunity to control the performance tempo in real time.

The software also comes equipped with a built-in audio mixer, including the ability to adjust volume, decay, and panning of each individual instrument. Scores and NTempo sessions can be saved to WAV format, complete with any custom mixer settings. With its variety of practical uses, NOTION offers infinite opportunity for you to discover your true inner musician.

NATURAL TEMPO CONTROL

NOTION's unique NTEMPO feature provides real-time control over tempo, including rubato, fermatas and pauses. An NTEMPO performance feels both natural and spontaneous, and can be used to accompany live performers or as a substitute for absent players.

A COMPREHENSIVE MUSIC ENVIRONMENT

Like all quality musical instruments, NOTION is equally useful to both professionals and amateurs. Writers, arrangers and orchestrators will fine NOTION's intuitive interface and realistic playback extremely valuable for creating high-quality music demos and professional scores and parts. Performers and musical directors will find NOTION invaluable as a rehearsal, accompaniment and live performance tool. Teachers will welcome the realistic musical enhancement that NOTION brings to the classroom, while students will find in NOTION not only a powerful tool in their musical development, but also an invaluable practice and performance aid. In addition, musicians of all types will discover in NOTION an environment in which their own creativity can develop to its full potential.

Features

Sounds of the London Symphony Orchestra, recorded at Abbey Road Studios
Click and drag notes
Note Audition
No longer requires iLok security
Write for up to 128 instruments in a single score
Over 1,000 voice polyphony
No external hardware or software needed
Expandable and customizable sound library
NTempo: real-time "conducting" of the score
MIDI import
MusicXML import and export
MIDI device entry, including step time, stretch time, and real time
Enter and edit up to 99 verses of lyrics
Automatic score layout and alignment
Instrument audio mixer: mute, solo, decay, pan, and balance
Export to WAV file
Shortcuts for every element - easily associated through mnemonics or visual appearance
33 level dynamic resolution from ppppp to ffffff with intermediate degrees
Timbre sampling at all dynamics and in all ranges
Playback of custom key signatures, time signatures, quarter tones, and more
Authentic playback of performance techniques, expandable with the add-on sound kits

True Expressive Control

NOTION's proprietary "TEC Sample Management Engine" allows the user to experience the full palette of sound unique to each instrument without having to deal with MIDI editing and without the need for external software or hardware.

NOTION artfully weaves the human elements of performance with the technical aspects of capturing and producing music. The intuitive score editor responds to musical symbols, and interprets markings such as trill, accent or staccato in the same way as a live musician would - creating a natural interaction between you and the music.

At NOTION Music we understand that making music is more important than working technology. Whether you are a writer, performer, teacher or student, the TEC Sample Management Engine ensures you'll experience a direct path from inspiration to realization.

Screenshots

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Score Window		Score Window Zoom

Section or Staff Transpose Dialogue Score Tuning Dialogue

World Class Sounds from World Class Musicians

NOTION's carefully-integrated sample library captures the nuance and artistry of some of the world's most talented musicians, and covers the full dynamic and expressive range of each instrument. From the impeccable performances of the London Symphony Orchestra to the jazz and pop styling of Victor and Roy Wooten, NOTION offers a diverse selection of flawlessly recorded sounds and instruments.

NOTION samples were recorded at Abbey Road Studios, in Studio One using:

72 channel NEVE VRP Legend / 88RS consoles
Avalon M5 preamps, Neve Preamps, Massenberg Preamp
Protools HD2 96 kHz, 24 bit
2 Valve Neumann M50 and 2 Neumann TLM 50 for distance mics
3 Valve Neumann M50 for room ambience
Neumann U47fet, U87, KM184, KM84 for close mics on single instruments
5 Schoeps MK 21 for close mics on sections

We’ve captured the legendary Abbey Road Studios / Studio One room ambience on each recorded tone. NOTION uses the recorded decays in a way that allows for scaling - decays can be reduced by lowering the natural decay factor in the audio mixer. This results in a drier sound for use in live settings where no additional reverb is desired, and can be done globally or on an instrument-by-instrument basis.

Instruments Bundled with Notion

Bass clarinet

Bass drum

Bass section

Bass trombone

Bassoon

Cabasa

Celeste

Cello section

Clarinet

Claves

English horn

Flute

French horn

Glockenspiel

Gong

Guiro

Harp

Oboe

Orchestra crash cymbals

Piano

Piccolo

Snare

Suspended cymbal

Tambourine

Tam-Tam

Tenor trombone

Timpani

Triangle

Trumpet

Tuba

Viola section

Violin section

Xylophone

NOTION is expandable - You can add more instruments and sounds with Expansion Kits at any time.

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

Because it is completely self-integrated, NOTION operates the same on any computer, whether MAC or Windows. Its concise music files can be transmitted quickly through email, and will sound the same on any computer running NOTION.

System Requirements

Mac Minimum Recommended

Operating System OS X 10.3.9 OS X 10.4.0 or later

Processor 1.0 GHz 2.0 GHz Dual Processor

RAM 512 MB 1 GB

Hard Disk Space 1.5 GB free disk space 1.5 GB free disk space

PC Minimum Recommended

Operating System Windows XP / 2000 (SP4) Windows XP / 2000 (SP4)

Processor 1.7 GHz Pentium or equivalent 3.0 GHz Pentium or equivalent

RAM 512 MB 1 GB

Hard Disk Space 1.5 GB free disk space 1.5 GB free disk space

NOTION Academic is an advanced music application dedicated to bringing a revolutionary degree of realism to classrooms and recital halls. Educators can use NOTION Academic for a wide arrange of tasks, including basic demonstration, real-time interaction, and detailed composition. NOTION Academic was designed with simplicity in mind -- it's streamlined enough to fit the needs of all of your curricula without a steep learning curve, so that it keeps you free to teach. And, because there's no outside equipment needed, it's an investment that won't weigh down your tight budget.