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iPad 3 users: Symphony Pro or Notion?

Postby snorlax » Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:57 pm

Just got my iPad 3 and would like to hear from users of Symphony Pro and Notion.
Please tell me what you do and don't like about each.
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Re: iPad 3 users: Symphony Pro or Notion?

Postby pgym » Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:02 am

For playing back MIDI or Music XML files imported from Finale/Sibelius/MuseScore/etc., either; as a notepad/scratchpad for transcribing a snippet so you don't forget it, either; for composing/transcribing/editing, neither.

Notion fails:

• staff system locked at two measures per line, whether on-screen, exported to PDF, or printed;
• no pickup bars;
• does not reflow music if a note is added/deleted or a note duration is changed;
• no core MIDI support, so no input via MIDI controller (must input via on-screen keyboard);
• keyboard re-centers on C4 (middle C) whenever a note is entered, regardless of octave of previous note;
• concert pitch only note entry, even for transposing instruments, e.g., if you're composing for Euph TC, you would need to enter a concert Db to get a written Eb;
• no way to transpose a part after it's entered;
• when adding/inserting a measure, cursor jumps to beginning of document;
• can only import/export via email;
• cannot export to an audio format (mp3, wav, aiff, etc.);
• only exports to MIDI, XML (buggy), and PDF;
• no option to save exported file on iPad

Also, at this point, Notion does not support the Retina display, so it appears extremely pixelated on the New iPad.

Too damn lazy to d/l the current version of Symphony Pro and see if they've fixed the stability issues that plagued the earlier version (2.0) I tried, e.g., random crashes (sometimes it crashed, sometimes it didn't) on page turns, saving, export to MIDI/PDF, imports, playing imported files, choosing/changing instruments, scrambled MIDI/XML exports, etc. Symphony Pro supposedly supports Retina display on the iPhone 4, so presumably it supports it on the New iPad as well.
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