NOTION 2.0's playback engine has a large library of realistic sampled sounds from London's best recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Studio One, and allows for your budding composers to write for up to 128 instruments in a single score. With the high fidelity of sound, they'll be able to hear what parts of the composition may still need work, or what parts should be reallocated to a different instrument for more impact.
The software's score-entry interface has highly-intuitive keyboard shortcuts for expedient manual entry of their arrangement. The NTempo feature allows them to feel like a virtual "conductor", giving them the ability to adjust performance tempo in real time. A built-in audio mixer lets them modify volume, decay, and panning of each individual instrument. Some of the other useful features are automatic score layout and alignment, click-and-drag notes, MIDI import, timbre sampling at all dynamics/ranges, and 33 levels dynamic resolution with intermediate degrees. When you and your student are satisfied with how everything flows together, their scores and NTempo sessions can be saved to WAV format, complete with any of the custom mixer settings.
So let the sounds of some of the best musicians in the world help your future composers. Get the specially-priced academic version of NOTION 2.0 today.
Notion NOTION 2.0 Composition Software Academic Version Specifications:
System Requirements
Mac: (Min.) OS X 10.3.9, 1.0 GHz, 512 MB of RAM, 1.5 GB free disk space
(Rec.) OS X 10.4.0 or later, 2.0 GHz Dual Processor, 1 GB of RAM, 1.5 GB free disk space
PC: (Min.) Windows XP/2000 (SP4), 1.7 GHz Pentium or equivalent, 512 MB of RAM, 1.5 GB free disk space, (Rec.) Windows XP/2000 (SP4), 3.0 GHz Pentium or equivalent, 1 GB of RAM, 1.5 GB free disk space
Notion NOTION 2.0 Composition Software Academic Version Features:
Sounds of the London Symphony Orchestra, recorded at Abbey Road Studios
Click-and-drag notes
Note audition
No longer requires iLok security
Write for up to 128 instruments in a single score
Over 1,000 voice polyphony
No external hardware or software needed
Expandable and customizable sound library
NTempo: realtime "conducting" of the score
MIDI import
MusicXML import and export
MIDI device entry, including step time, stretch time, and real-time
Enter and edit up to 99 verses of lyrics
Automatic score layout and alignment
Instrument audio mixer: mute, solo, decay, pan, and balance
Export to WAV file
Shortcuts for every element, easily associated through mnemonics or visual appearance
33 level dynamic resolution from "ppppp" to "ffffff" with intermediate degrees
Timbre sampling at all dynamics and in all ranges
Playback of custom key signatures, time signatures, quarter tones, and more
Authentic playback of performance techniques, expandable with the add-on sound kits |