I just wanted to let the iPad users on this list know that Notion Software has just released a brand new music notation product for the iPad, Notion, which is a very robust product. It's got many of the capabilities of their larger product for computers which has been on the market for many years now, and it comes with fantastic instrumental sounds included. I sure hope that Finale and Sibelius are paying attention and are working on such software as well -- Notion can import and export MusicXML files so it will be possible (although I haven't tested it yet) to work on a file in Sibelius or Finale on the computer, export as MusicXML and load that onto the iPad and continue working on it while travelling and then export as MusicXML from Notion on the iPad back to the computer for more work.
They've got an introductory price of just $.99 -- after December 20th the price will jump to $14.99. The product is much more like computer notation products (Finale, Sibelius, Notion) than Symphony Pro (the other very robust iPad music notation software product). To get a complete set of sounds you need to spend an additional $29.99 but in my opinion (as a working musician who is also a composer and arranger) it is definitely worth the price. And for a total of only $30.98 I have ended up with a fantastic app. It is a large download, though, runnning just around 1.9GB for the app itself and then an additional 1.5GB to hold the additional sounds I bought. It is possible to purchase just some additional sounds as in-app purchases, but I figured I would bite the bullet and just buy the whole thing right off the bat. Here's the link to the Notion software page about the new product: http://www.notionmusic.com/products/notionipad.html You can get to the appstore page from that screen simply by clicking on the "Available on the AppStore" link about half-way down the right hand side of the screen (you'll most likely have to scroll to see it). -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
