PreSonus Notion 5 (boxed)

Notion Raises the Notation Bar

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With its superb-sounding playback and streamlined, easy-to-use interface, Notion set the standard for powerful, affordable music notation software. Now PreSonus Notion 5 ups the ante with a host of improvements that let you capture your musical ideas faster and easier than ever. Among the many notation and publishing upgrades are a new video window and film score staff, new effects from PreSonus Studio One, an enhanced chord library, a custom rules editor, and much more. Hear your music come to life with symphonic samples from the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as drums, keys, guitar, bass and more, recorded by top musicians at world-class studios. Bring your musical ideas to fruition with PreSonus Notion 5!

• What's new in Notion 5
• Powerful, yet easy to use
• Incredible onboard instruments
• ReWire integration makes Notion 5 perfect for studio use

PreSonus Notion 5 includes exciting upgrades across-the-board, making it even faster and easier to use than previous versions. Notation has been juiced with an enharmonic spelling tool, cross-staff notation, layout and printing improvements, and cool shortcut sets. There's also an enhanced chord library with more library chords, user-created chords, and recent-chord recall. Add to that a new video window, new effects from PreSonus Studio One, and a custom rules editor, and the already value-packed Notion becomes a total no-brainer.

• Video window (64-bit Windows and Mac) and new Film Score staff and tools
• The ability to bounce all stems
• Eight buses (twice that of Notion 4)
• Audio upsampling for export
• Support for new VST libraries
• Includes three PreSonus Native Effects plug-ins from Studio One: Limiter, Compressor, EQ
• New Custom Rules Editor lets you create custom rules for VST sound libraries
• New enharmonic spelling tool, cross-staff notation, layout and printing improvements, and new shortcut sets
• An enhanced chord library provides more library chords, user created chords, and Recent Chord Recall
• The user interface has been redesigned to be more consistent with PreSonus' award-winning Studio One DAW
• Mac Retina display and Windows 8 touchscreen optimization
• New VST Library presets for LA Scoring Strings and marching libraries from Sample Logic and System Blue:
  • Fanfare (marching brass)
  • Rumble (marching percussion)
  • Impakt (orchestral/cinematic percussion)
  • Virtual Ensemble Trilogy (selection from Fanfare, Rumble and Impakt)
• New Add-on packs (available separately) for Notion 5:
  • Brass: Alto Trombone, Bass Trumpet, Cornet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Soprano Trumpet
  • Woodwind: Alto Flute, Bass Flute, Bass Oboe, Basset Horn, Contrabass Clarinet, Oboe d'Amore

Notion 5's user interface is incredibly easy to use. (Sweetwater knows how important this is to your creative process.) Its sleek screen design and intuitive workflow let you focus on your music. That approach extends to the amazing SequencerStaff feature; when you input your music with a MIDI device, Notion 5 retains all the MIDI data, including modulations, bends and dynamics like a sequencer. But, it shows the display on a traditional notation staff. You can keep the SequencerStaff view or convert to notation instantly.

Notion 5 comes with absolutely astounding sounds! It includes symphonic samples by the London Symphony Orchestra (recorded at Abbey Road Studios, no less) and incredible guitar samples by Neil Zaza, as well as killer bass and drum samples by Victor Wooten, and his brother, Roy "Futureman" Wooten, respectively. You also get a glorious Steinway piano and other popular instruments - all with a wide array of dynamics, articulations, and performance techniques, expertly recorded by top engineers using the finest gear.

Notion 5 is the only notation product with full ReWire integration that supports both host and slave options. Built to be compatible with digital audio workstations, Notion 5 works effortlessly with third-party VSTi libraries and VST effects, has full MIDI functionality, and can save as or import audio files.

• Native 64-bit Support (MAC and PC)
• Interactive Entry Tools (Keyboard, Fretboard, Drum Pad, Chord Library)
• Compatibility with Notion and Progression iPad Apps
• ReWire (64-bit) Host and Slave
• Sequencer Overlay
• MIDI Overdub
• Built-in Guitar Amp
• Built-in Audio Mixer
• Improved MIDI Input
• Save as PDF (MAC and PC)
• Built-In Integration with popular instrument libraries
• Save Directly to SoundCloud
• Import MusicXML, MIDI, and Guitar Pro files (3-5)
• User-Interface Updates and Enhancements