David -- I've played with it a bit so far too, and it's very impressive. However, is it only instrumental tracks/staves? When I was checking out starting a new document, I didn't see any category that wasn't instruments.
Anyone else who's been playing with the app, I'd love to hear if I've just missed something. The vast majority of my work is in choral/voice. -- Mike On Dec 17, 2011, at 2:17 PM, David H. Bailey wrote: > I've only played with Notion for iPad a little so far (darned holiday > stuff is getting in the way!) but note entry is simple, it has > articulations, dynamics, effects particular to whatever instrument the > staff is set to, tuplets (user defined), it's an incredible app and for > the intro price of 99-cents, it is a no-brainer for any musician with an > ipad. > > I even splurged and spent the $29.99 for the complete sound set, and I > have to say that what I've heard so far is incredible in its quality. > > It's an incredible piece of software that will leave Finale and Sibelius > in the dust. And with the MusicXML import/export it becomes an > excellent adjunct to Finale and Sibelius on the computers. > > David H. Bailey > > On 12/17/2011 12:54 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: >> This is a must buy for iPad owners. The sounds are very nice, a little >> better than the non-garritan sounds finale comes with (smartmusic >> synth stuff). >> >> Yeah, makemusic needs to get into the game. Do they have anything >> useful for ios out? They could easily do a smartmusic app for iOs...or >> at least like sibelius has done, a viewer app..... >> >> Sent from my iSomething >> -- >> Eric Dannewitz >> Musician/Polymath/Evil Genius >> http://www.ericdannewitz.com >> >> On Dec 17, 2011, at 3:02 AM, "David H. Bailey" >> <dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> > > > -- > David H. Bailey > dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
