Notion: Music Notation and Tab 4+

Compose anywhere

PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc.

    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

With over 10 years in the App Store, Notion Mobile is a free, award-winning music composition tool for iOS, iPadOS®, macOS and more! You’ll effortlessly create dynamic compositions in traditional musical notation or guitar tablature with its intuitive touch-based interface and incredibly broad editing capabilities.

With a user-friendly interface and simple interactive piano keyboard, fretboard, drum pad, and even optional Handwriting Recognition, Notion Mobile makes it easy to get started composing your music. You can also hear your music performed with the most realistic playback possible, using real audio samples recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.

Notion Mobile is a native cross-platform app, meaning you can write anywhere on any device without requiring a constant Internet connection. And when you’re back online, you’ll be able to sync your work across multiple devices — either through your preferred cloud provider, or through the optional wireless transfer between PreSonus applications on any device. Start your work on one device and finish it on another. Once you are happy with your creation you can share the Notion file, or export as MIDI, MusicXML, PDF or as an audio file.



Compose, edit, and play back your music performed with real piano and orchestral samples recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios — along with outstanding sampled guitar, bass, drums and other popular instruments. And when you’re ready for more sounds, you’ll find the extensive library of Notion Add-on Soundsets to purchase as part of the Feature Bundle. To save space, the initial app download contains just piano — you can then manage which of the bundled Soundsets to have on your device or keep in the cloud, just tap on Sound Installation.



Notion has been featured in various Apple campaigns including the 2014 YourVerse television commercials and has won several awards, including a prestigious music industry NAMM TEC Award for Best Smartphone/Tablet App.

What you get:


Notion Mobile includes unlimited staves, comprehensive editing features and core orchestral and rhythm section Soundsets — all for free. You can optionally register (also for free!) to unlock an additional Soundset (containing Solo Strings, Classical Saxophones and Glockenspiel), the multivoice function that allows writing in up to 4 voices per staff, and access to the friendly Notion Mobile User Forum. Then for the full experience, either sign in with your PreSonus Sphere membership or purchase the Notion Feature Bundle. This unlocks Handwriting Recognition, all the Expansion Soundsets (including many auxiliary instruments and additional articulations and effects), additional audio export formats (m4a, OPUS, FLAC) and direct file transfer between any PreSonus application running on the same network (including Notion Mobile, Notion Desktop, and Studio One.)


Free:
Unlimited staves
All editing features
Core Soundsets
Export as MIDI, PDF, wav, mp3


Register for free:
Reward Soundset including Solo Strings, Glockenspiel, Classical Saxophones
Access to the new Notion Mobile User Forum
Additionally write for voices 3 and 4 in a single staff
Export as MusicXML, Compressed MusicXML



Feature Bundle (in-app purchase or sign in with PreSonus Sphere):
Handwriting Recognition, powered by MyScript
Available on iPhone, iPad and macOS (macOS with supporting graphics tablet or using Sidecar with compatible iPad)
Automatic pen vs. finger recognition to switch between handwriting and edit mode
Pressure-sensitive support for Apple Pencil
Adjustable timer for Handwriting Recognition
Override handwriting timer by double tapping Apple Pencil (2nd Gen)
All Expansion Soundsets
Additional audio export formats (m4a, OPUS, FLAC)
Direct file transfer between any PreSonus application running on the same network (including Notion Mobile, Notion Desktop, and Studio One)

What’s New

Version 3.5.1

Bug fixes and performance improvements

Ratings and Reviews

Johannes* ,

Unbrauchbar

Professionell arbeiten ist mit dieser App sehr schwer, da etliche essentielle Funktionen beim Notenschreiben fehlen oder zu umständlich zu bedienen sind. Das Schlimmste ist allerdings, dass die App recht gerne abstürzt und damit alles verlorengeht, heute zb. bei mir die Arrangierarbeit eines ganzen Tages. Automatische Sicherungen werden nicht angelegt und manuelles Sichern ist offenbar nicht vorgesehen, zumindest gibt es dafür keinen Menüpunkt. Wer also seine Arbeit nicht doppelt und dreifach machen will, Finger weg!

Developer Response ,

Would be great to know what functions you are missing so this can be rectified. For the other issue, can get in touch with us directly by creating a support ticket via your my.presonus.com account? We can then get some details of your device and work with you to solve your issue. Meanwhile as of time of writing, Notion Mobile 3.3 is in public beta which has some new document recovery features. Check our posts in the Facebook group or user forum below for more details, and how to install if you are interested.

For community help, tips and support, join our new Facebook user group at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PreSonusNotionUsers/
Or our Notion Mobile forum at
https://forums.presonus.com/viewforum.php?f=416

mohair0510 ,

update

das update ging leider total daneben, finde meine dateien nicht mehr, total umständlich schon geschriebenes wieder in die app zu laden.... kopieren geht fast nur mehr taktweise... ist total mühsam geworden.... war vor der verschlimmbesserung total in ordnung.... bitte die alte version wieder

danke

Developer Response ,

Hi, our new version now uses Apple’s document browser as the home screen when Notion opens – this is a far more powerful browser than before and allows support for all Cloud providers as well as new search, sort and share functions direct from the browser.
If you are using iOS11 or later, check the folder locations - you may have some Notion files in the device's local folder (On My iPad>Notion), and/or in Notion's folder in iCloud Drive (iCloud Drive>Notion) See the video here: https://blog.presonus.com/index.php/2020/02/06/notion-ios-2-5-release-notes/

If you are using iOS 9 or 10 and NOT using iCloud, you may need to turn iCloud Drive off in the device settings.

Either way, please drop us a message via the Feedback button from the Help Menu within the app, and we can help you further - even if the above has resolved it, it'd good for us to know you are sorted. We need to know your device and your iOS version.
Join our new Facebook user group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/PreSonusNotionUsers/

LaVia451 ,

Seit Update viele Fehler

Seit dem letzten Update hat die App viele Fehler, davor ging sie einwandfrei. Ständig sind kleine Fehler, wie Noten werden plötzlich übereinander geschrieben, obwohl die Funktion nicht aktiviert wurde und auch nicht aktiviert ist. Beim Lyrics schreiben werden Noten übersprungen und beim Eingeben von mehreren Danksagungen, werden die Texte plötzlich kopiert (bsp: Statt Text von a, Music von b, steht plötzlich Music von a, und auch nach mehrmaligen ändern, wird der Text immer wieder vertauscht!). Das Schlimmste ist aber, dass gestern plötzlich alle meine Kompositionen und Arrangements verschwunden sind. Nachdem das Speichern meiner letzten Arbeit nicht geklappt hat, waren alle weg und sind nicht mehr wieder zu finden. Gott sei Dank hab ich vor einer Woche, aufgrund der vielen Fehler ein Back-up gemacht, sonst wäre jetzt die Arbeit eines ganzen Jahres dahin! Bitte repariert diese Fehler, oder gebt die alte Version wieder heraus, dann gibt es wieder 5 Sterne, denn das Programm ist eigentlich das Beste im App-Store!

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