Originally Posted by dcuny
Well, I guess I found a reason to upgrade to Notion 6.

I recently moved from my old PC to a new one, installed Notion 4 (from the download on the Prosonus website) and tried to register.

It was unable to contact the server, so I opened a ticket.

Notion 4 is no longer support. I can download the installer, and install it. I just can't register it to use it.

They did try to upsell me to a subscription to Studio One+, I guess on the assumption that I must really love buying things that expire.

Well done, Prosonus. mad

In fairness, the also suggested I download their free Notion Mobile app, which will load my simple Notion leadsheets. But it's not Notion, and it's a mobile app running on a PC. frown
I suggest NOT upgrading to Notion 6. After several years of being unable to contact the update server, I wrote off my significant investment in Notion and all of its instrument libraries, and uninstalled it. PreSonus has improved notation support in Studio One and the market for notation software is almost certainly smaller than the market for DAW software, which isn't all that large anyway. Ever since Fender bought PreSonus, things have just gradually gotten worse from this customer's perspective. I started with Studio One Pro v2, and have paid for every major upgrade since. They have moved too much to the subscription product, so v7 will be my last paid upgrade for Studio One.

For notation options, MuseScore v4 is quite capable and it's free. I installed MuseScore after uninstalling Notion, but mostly, I use Guitar Pro 8. It works the best for what I do. It's not free. However, until December 1st, it's 30% off for Black Friday. A license for a new user is 48,97 € vs 69,99 €, and an upgrade to v8 from any earlier version is 24,47 € vs 39,95 €. I assume prices in US dollars are about the same. Highly recommended.

Guitar Pro v8

Here's a short "features" video. There are a ton of other videos on GP v8 on YouTube you can check out.



Here's a longer review from a long-time Guitar Pro user (over 20 years).


Last edited by TheMaartian; 11/24/24 12:29 AM.
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