I'm now interested in checking out the full blown Mac version of it to see if it can hold up against finale....
Sent from my iSomething -- Eric Dannewitz Musician/Polymath/Evil Genius http://www.ericdannewitz.com On Dec 17, 2011, at 11:17 AM, "David H. Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote: > I've only played with Notion for iPad a little so far (darned holiday > stuff is getting in the way!) but note entry is simple, it has > articulations, dynamics, effects particular to whatever instrument the > staff is set to, tuplets (user defined), it's an incredible app and for > the intro price of 99-cents, it is a no-brainer for any musician with an > ipad. > > I even splurged and spent the $29.99 for the complete sound set, and I > have to say that what I've heard so far is incredible in its quality. > > It's an incredible piece of software that will leave Finale and Sibelius > in the dust. And with the MusicXML import/export it becomes an > excellent adjunct to Finale and Sibelius on the computers. > > David H. Bailey > > On 12/17/2011 12:54 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: >> This is a must buy for iPad owners. The sounds are very nice, a little >> better than the non-garritan sounds finale comes with (smartmusic >> synth stuff). >> >> Yeah, makemusic needs to get into the game. Do they have anything >> useful for ios out? They could easily do a smartmusic app for iOs...or >> at least like sibelius has done, a viewer app..... >> >> Sent from my iSomething >> -- >> Eric Dannewitz >> Musician/Polymath/Evil Genius >> http://www.ericdannewitz.com >> >> On Dec 17, 2011, at 3:02 AM, "David H. Bailey" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> I just wanted to let the iPad users on this list know that Notion >>> Software has just released a brand new music notation product for the >>> iPad, Notion, which is a very robust product. It's got many of the >>> capabilities of their larger product for computers which has been on the >>> market for many years now, and it comes with fantastic instrumental >>> sounds included. I sure hope that Finale and Sibelius are paying >>> attention and are working on such software as well -- Notion can import >>> and export MusicXML files so it will be possible (although I haven't >>> tested it yet) to work on a file in Sibelius or Finale on the computer, >>> export as MusicXML and load that onto the iPad and continue working on >>> it while travelling and then export as MusicXML from Notion on the iPad >>> back to the computer for more work. >>> >>> They've got an introductory price of just $.99 -- after December 20th >>> the price will jump to $14.99. The product is much more like computer >>> notation products (Finale, Sibelius, Notion) than Symphony Pro (the >>> other very robust iPad music notation software product). To get a >>> complete set of sounds you need to spend an additional $29.99 but in my >>> opinion (as a working musician who is also a composer and arranger) it >>> is definitely worth the price. And for a total of only $30.98 I have >>> ended up with a fantastic app. >>> >>> It is a large download, though, runnning just around 1.9GB for the app >>> itself and then an additional 1.5GB to hold the additional sounds I >>> bought. It is possible to purchase just some additional sounds as >>> in-app purchases, but I figured I would bite the bullet and just buy the >>> whole thing right off the bat. >>> >>> Here's the link to the Notion software page about the new product: >>> http://www.notionmusic.com/products/notionipad.html >>> >>> You can get to the appstore page from that screen simply by clicking on >>> the "Available on the AppStore" link about half-way down the right hand >>> side of the screen (you'll most likely have to scroll to see it). >>> >>> -- >>> David H. Bailey >>> [email protected] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> > > > -- > David H. Bailey > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
