In this new section, I’m going to write an early impression of gear that I have received for review or otherwise find interesting. Unlike our full reviews, this will provide a quick snapshot of new items of interest.
Today I received Notion Music’s Progression software, and I must admit it strikes a great balance between power and ease of use. What is even better is that it takes it from the realm of simple practice tool to a real composition platform for guitarists. It looks absolutely fantastic and sounds great.
Here’s the features in a nutshull:
- Write in tab or notation
- Automatic updating between tab and notation
- Record and enter from a MIDI guitar or keyboard
- Supports custom tab and alternate tunings
- Interactive fretboard and chord library
- Dozens of drum patterns
- Audio file export
- Integrated audio mixer
- 1.5 GB sample library
- MIDI file import, export, and output
- Real-time tempo control with NTEMPOTM feature
- Built-in amp simulator and VST effects support
- Velocity overdub
Check out their website for some really cool videos and examples. More to come as I get a chance to really sink my teeth into this product.
Check out their website for some really cool videos and examples. More to come as I get a chance to really sink my teeth into this product.Here’s the product page:
http://products.notionmusic.com/progression/
Dan
February 23, 2008 @ 7:47 am
The defacto standard for tab is PowerTab Editor. There are simply thousands of free tabs available for PTE and the source code is too. Do you think the additional features and ease of use of Progression will allow it to take over the tab market?
March 7, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
Hey Mike,
Sorry I have got to change out the color on some things.
Look PowerTAB is great, but venerable beyond belief. You can actually import PowerTABs pretty easily into progression through MIDI OUT > < MIDI IN (At least according to the Notion guys when I asked that question).
I think the Market SHOULD be searching for a new Tab editor. PowerTab is free so hard to beat, but it has not progressed at all.
Dan
March 7, 2008 @ 11:35 pm
OK - That’s better! Now I can read the comments!