Notion notation program
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| Developer: | VirtuosoWorks |
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| OS: | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X |
| Use: | Scorewriter |
| Website: | http://www.notionmusic.com |
Notion is a music composition and performance program created by VirtuosoWorks, Inc., a company founded by Dr. Jack M. Jarrett, Lori Jarrett, and Rahm Sethuraman in 1998. It was first released in the spring of 2005, and was recently named best notation/composition software, beating leading programs Finale and Sibelius. Notion uses sampled sounds from the London Symphony Orchestra (recorded at Abbey Road Studios).
Notion has possibilities for film music composition as well. Notion has a composition contest: Realize Music Challenge
Dr. Jarrett also developed an earlier DOS-based notation program called MusicPrinter Plus.
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Notion features:
• Sampled sounds of the London Symphony Orchestra, recorded at Abbey Road Studios • No external hardware or software needed • Over 1,000 voice polyphony • MIDI keyboard entry • NotionPlayer: real-time "conducting" of the score • MusicXML/Midi import • Scalable reverb from natural, recorded decay • Windows and Mac compatible • Expansion kits are available • Instrumental audio mixer: mute, solo, and balance
NOTION™ is designed so musicians can focus on music, not technology. Enter, edit, and manipulate data-rich notation instantly from your workstation or your MIDI instrument. The designer of the acclaimed MusicPrinter™ Plus has now created the most intuitive score entry ever, with all the advanced features you need to create the most complex score.
Be composer and conductor at once. For the first time, you can compose directly to the orchestra without file conversions, patches, sequencers, or separate sample batches.
What you write is what you hear. The NOTION interpretive sample playback engine is notation-driven, capturing every nuance of composition.
Over 1000+ voice polyphony.
String sections, winds, brass, piano, harp and percussion.
The score for the Nutcracker Overture was entered into the NOTION composition interface. What you hear is the audio rendered by the NOTION playback engine. All dynamics, articulations, and the audio mix is what occurs when you simply press play after entering the exact score. No effects, no wires. Simply accurate playback directly from notation.
The best players. The finest instruments. The latest recording technology. Working in concert with an interpretive sample playback engine you can hear a high quality performance of your notation instantly. Without external hardware or other software products you can go from notation directly to an incredible sample library by simply pressing “Play”. NOTION does all the work.
NOTION developers worked with the London Symphony Orchestra to record thousands of the highest quality samples at legendary Abbey Road Studios. So you can use your creativity for composing - not imagining what your ideas sound like.
Play live. NTEMPO playback gives you real-time performance control. Rubato, holds, cutoffs, and vamps are accommodated with perfect precision. Incorporate NOTION performance as live accompaniment to players, theatre, or anything else in the real world. Seamlessly.
