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| New NOTION(TM) Software From VirtuosoWorks Lets You Compose Music, Conduct the Score and Hear It Performed By the London Symphony Orchestra | ||||||
NOTION features actual samples of orchestral instruments. Nothing is synthesized. Instead, thousands of individual samples were performed by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. These samples, combined with a unique user-controlled tempo triggering system, NTEMPO(TM), which facilitates accompaniment of live voice and/or instruments, make NOTION a versatile and practical composition and performance system that anyone can easily learn to use. Developed by VirtuosoWorks, Inc., NOTION was introduced to music retailers and musicians from all over the world at The NAMM Show '05 in Anaheim, CA. "NOTION gives musicians the ease of a user-friendly, notation-based music writing interface combined with the auditory aid of full fidelity orchestral playback," says Dr. Jack Jarrett, a distinguished conductor, composer, educator and creator of NOTION. "Since NOTION was developed by musicians, anyone who can write or play music and operate a PC can easily use it right away. Even beginners can learn to compose their own scores." In addition to being easy to use, NOTION is the first completely integrated package of its kind. You don't need any additional equipment besides your PC to use it. All in one easy-to-use application, NOTION combines a full-featured music notation system with interpretive algorithms linked to a proprietary playback engine that offers samples of thousands of individual notes and articulations from orchestral instruments. "We created NOTION to give all musicians -- music students and teachers, working musicians, composers and songwriters -- the means to hear their compositions as they write and to perform the finished work, regardless of financial limitations or venue restrictions," says Jarrett, who is VirtuosoWorks vice president of research and development. "Our hope is that NOTION will liberate the individual artist to create more freely than ever before; stimulate creativity that will result in a surge of new original composition; and invigorate live performance with the ability to include the sounds of orchestral instruments," says Jarrett. NOTION 1.1 for Windows is making its way to music stores in the coming weeks. Manufacturer's suggested retail price will be $599. The Mac version is scheduled to be released by late 2005. For more information: www.notionmusic.com |
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