A NOTION 4 Basic Staff is different from a VST Instruments staff . . .
They might be the same if you assign a VSTi virtual instrument to a Basic Staff, but perhaps not . . .
THOUGHTSIf I assign Twin 2 (FabFilter Software Instruments) to a Basic Staff, it looks identical to the VST Instruments staff created for Twin 2, so they probably are the same; but there are other things that happen in the background, and without doing experiments I am not so comfortable stating that they are the same in every respect and behavior . . .
I use VST Instruments staves, and by default they are soprano treble clef staves; but depending on the instrument I set them to play notes 1 or 2 octaves higher or lower than notated, which works nicely here in the sound isolation studio where there are 12 notes and 8 or so octaves . . .
If I wanted to know how to read bass clef, I would have gone to bass clef school . . .
Stuff like that is
not on the lesson plan in "by ear" school, which is my alma mater after graduating from liturgical boys choir . . .
I hear it in my mind, and I can play it on a Fender Jazz Bass, but it all looks like soprano treble clef to me . . .
There is only one "Middle C" on a piano, and there is only one "Middle C" on a soprano treble clef staff, which is all the "Middle C" I need, which is fabulous . . .
Fabulous!