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Notion 3 with Chris Swaffer (iPad Pros - 0175)

Season 1, Ep. 175

Chris Swaffer is a Product Manager at PreSonus, the creators of the music notation software Notion. Since we last spoke, in episode 4, they’ve had a bunch of software updates including version 3 that launched late last year. In this episode, which was recorded before WWDC, we chat about how he uses the iPad and how Notion has changed since we last spoke in 2017.


The introduction and closing of this episode was done using the new Personal Voice feature in iPadOS 17 and captured using the built-in Screen Recording feature. 


Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.patreon.com/ipadpros


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Show notes are available at www.iPadPros.net. Feedback is welcomed at iPadProsPodcast@gmail.com.


Chapter Markers

00:00:00: Opening

00:00:44: Personal Voice Introduction

00:02:30: Chris Swaffer

00:05:16: iPad mini

00:05:51: What else is new with Notion?

00:07:36: Version 3

00:11:51: Studio One

00:16:24: File Sharing

00:17:54: Cross Platform

00:19:50: Handwriting Recognition 

00:21:11: Hover

00:22:29: External Monitors 

00:25:27: Input

00:27:38: MIDI

00:30:48: Virtual Instruments

00:32:26: Adding score markings

00:33:52: Performing dynamics

00:35:59: Vocalists

00:36:50: Staff limitations?

00:39:50: Sharing and Export

00:41:42: Version 3.1

00:46:14: What's next?

00:48:28: Pricing

00:50:51: New Competition in Mobile

00:55:46: Where can people find more info?

00:56:10: Closing

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