Notion
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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 Studio One+ membership or purchase the Notion Feature Bundle. This unlocks Handwriting Recognition, Layout Controls, 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 Studio One+):
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)
Layout Control
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)
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please do more testing and bug fixing for handwriting input

***Spyda*** on

Handwriting input is really buggy. I've already submitted several tickets concerning handwriting input issues. now I've run into yet another. for some reason when i change the key signature to f major, whichever note i input first using the handwriting input gets automatically flattened. this time i refuse to send in a ticket with a video replicating the issue. i don't recmmend that anyone spend extra for the handwriting input just yet. it's not yet up to scratch the only reason it gets two stars rather than one is because of the amazing sounds it has. I'm otherwise quite frustrated about this handwriting input thing ***update*** i was asked what i mean by having composers test the app. i know that composers use the app. that's not what i mean. similar to how there's in house developers, i am suggesting you also have in-house composers who work with the developers and extensively test the app BEFORE app (or app update) deployment

Composing

M du toit on

Please add a function where songs entered via a midi keyboard gets transcribed exactly as it was played.... it is frustrating to have all notes played being entered notes of the same value.

Excellent

Rezwastaken on

This is just what I needed for my ipad. I use this as a tool for capturing ideas and exercises that I develop for myself while practising or composing. This may even give Sibelius a run for their money in the future.

wow

Dr. WV on

I must say that the instrument samples is probably of the best around. Great software. A must for people who writes music.

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App Info

Category
Music
Publisher
Notion Music, Inc.
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish
Recent version
3.3.2 (2 weeks ago )
Released on
Jun 29, 2012 (12 years ago )
Last updated
3 weeks ago