Wolfgang wrote:I'm looking forward to this new version too.
One thing I'm disappointed about is that cross-staff notation is coming to Notion 5, not 4. When I bought 4 I never thought this "simple" feature wouldn't be included. Also because the lack of a demo I couldn't know that.
Now I have to pay for a feature I really need and I assumed it would be in the current version already.
Because of that missing feature I couldn't really use the version I bought for like 95% of my works.
I didn't know that about Notion Cross staff going to Notion 5 and not 4. That's very unfair.
I ran to buy my Notion 4 upgrade, but to tell the truth there's very little I used from it. I Never imagined that things like cross staff would skip a full version. I could have kept Notion 3 for that matter.
Notion 4 is 64-bits, but I have installed the 32-bit version. Got tired trying to get miroslav and other plugins working with it. I know there is a lot of awe about Notion being 64-bits but honestly it's not something I need, nor something I would sacrifice VST compatibility for (please don't mention JBridge again. It's one additional pain to take care of).
The rest, about the same as notion 3: no cross-staff, same placement of text items, same problems with tuplets, same management of parts, same rewire problems... Maybe the piano keyboard and drums/chords interface is about the only thing that shows up as being a new feature.
tubatimberinger wrote: However, one should take into account the origins of the software. It was initially designed (according to the literature and marketing at the time) to bridge the gap between sequencer and notation for COMPOSERS of primarily ORCHESTRAL music. It does a BRILLIANT job at this. And as far as playback, it's just phenomenal; not to mention it is without a doubt,THE best bang for the buck there is in music software scene. I use it everyday. I also use the other stuff. Know this, the day they really get the notation to be as robust as we want, that will be a dark day for the competition.
I agree, and I also defend and try to 'advertise' Notion as far as I can between my fellow music students. Because Notion has helped me a lot, specially when I started learning composing for real a couple years ago. It's a wonderful tool.
But even so, it's dissappointing to see it fall short for very little. I feel stupid sending all these feature requests for almost 5 years now. Of course I wouldn't expect the company to grant everybody's wishes, but at least cross-staff could have been there still in version 4.
I just know that I will read very carefully what is in next version, because I now know how things work. Most probably, If a feature isn't there when launched, it will never be.