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

Bug fixes and performance improvements
For the full guide, check:
https://shorturl.at/moFGG

Ratings and Reviews

oxycowy ,

Apple pen for handwriting

Hi,I paid $10.9 for usage on handwriting with Apple pen 2 years ago but was asked to pay again lately..is this a yearly subscription or one time payment?

Developer Response ,

For in-app purchases, providing you are using the same Apple ID, Apple will never charge you twice for the same purchase.

For handwriting, you can hit purchase again, which will force it to check and then let you know it has already been purchased.

Again, you will never get charged twice by Apple (UNLESS you have signed into your device with a different Apple ID in the interim!)

Join our new Facebook user group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/PreSonusNotionUsers/

Claudeandida ,

Thank you sooo much

Hi notion, thank you so much for making this app, especially since I could compose pieces in this app. 4 years ago, I did not like a single bit about composing, so I left this app for a long time. But now my passion in composing is growing increasingly, so thank you very much in changing my whole entire life in music.

However, I do have some requests.
1. Please add all the instrument sounds.
Last time in the create templates, I tried the percussion ensemble but there wasn’t any sounds. Why add it when there’s no sound?

2. Please add some special ornaments to specific instruments, such as the strings instruments. I spent a long time looking for the pizz in my cello concerto, but I just couldn’t find it. Also some ornaments do not have its sound, such as tremolo.

So please add my suggestions and thank you so much notion.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the review, and glad you are back composing! It's your choice which sounds you want to install - go to the Sounds Manager and select which ones you want. If not installed, then they will fall back to just using a piano sound. For instrument techniques (e.g. pizz), the Tools Grid updates to whatever instrument is selected. So make sure you have tapped the cello staff, then look in the Tools Grid - you will see string specific techniques now appear. Tremolo should play back, but some ornaments are for visual reference only (e.g. mordents and turns)

Paul Mina ,

Still the best for handwriting recognition

I hope the hand writing features include more intuitive options like in staffpad. It is still the best notation app on the App Store that does not milk you for a subscription.

Don’t bother looking at Dorico or Sibelius. They only want to milk you with subscriptions. I mean we are musicians, who can afford to pay rent for software! I mean every 2nd app is trying to milk you. Now Apple wants to as well. Come on. Keep it up Apple and I’ll go Microsoft on you.

Developer Response ,

Hi thanks very much for the review. Indeed, there's no milking here...
If you could let us know anything specific on the handwriting, we’d be happy to help. You can get in touch with us directly by creating a support ticket via your my.presonus.com account. We can then track and work with you to solve your issue.

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

App Privacy

The developer, PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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