Question

I'd love a spot to add track notes, i.e. noting what mics, amps, or guitars were used on a particular track.

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Closed Duplicate Requests:

47 votes:  http://answers.presonus.com/9954/track-notes

10 votes:  http://answers.presonus.com/7692/notepad-for-any-track

Answer 1

Delivered with Version 4.0

Open Inspector to see click on Notes Icon. 

Answer 2

This would be very helpful indeed. I'm currently using a vst plugin for that which is not the best.

Answer 3

I really would love to have this added.

Answer 4

sry, wrong request ;9

Answer 5

this would be a nice little addition indeed, and not only on tracks but also clips and instrument presets

Answer 6

Agreed. My additional requirement is that the note must be able to drop in on the timeline. In the absence of any score editor, one has to go external for capturing any sort of note to go with a song or arrangement, and please sometimes we need to write quite a bit, so a few characters in the Arrangement or Marker Track is not sufficient.

Answer 7

I would also like to see an included " Studio NoteBook " that one can open in a separate window and also within S1. So that not only can you make tiny notes about gear, you can also take and keep a much more detailed record of gear, session notes, ideas for the particular song/project, track time worked on song per session and also any client notes/wants/expectations. Including the ability to save all this important data, directly attached to the very session/song/project that it is associated with.

-Ability to print all notes

-Ability to edit notes as well as show edits

-Ability to have said Studio NoteBook open on a separate monitor and or iPad ( via the S1 iPad App ) to allow for accessing both the work and the notes at the same time.

Answer 8

This is low-hanging fruit, i.e. could be implemented w/o a lot of work but brings so much bang for the buck. Please Presonus!

Answer 9

I use an event and wirte all the notes in it for the specific track and put it on the scratchpad

--> so where is the problem with this solution?

Answer 10

Seriously, I was just dying on this last night. Given that take/layer naming is totally unpredictable, when comping I'd love to be able to put a quick note on the layer so I know which "take 1" I just listened to. but any free form text editor that could be pinned at the user's discretion would be a stellar feature.

Answer 11

For me just a simple text Notes panel in the Browser area, saved per song,  would be killer. Great place for session notes, lyrics, ideas, etc. I used this in Logic, back in the day, on every session.

Answer 12

Here's a free vst that will let you put down notes as you please, in any track. You can, of course, also use as many instances of this notepad per track as desired.    www.meldaproduction.com/MNotepad

Answer 13

+1

In Logic there was a notepad and track notes - and the great thing was that you could print it as well.

I always kept the lyrics in the notepad so I could 1) print it out for the vocalist when recording and also 2) be able to have it on screen and follow it while recording to make sure the vocalist sing the right lyrics. It's a simple thing but crazy handy.

Answer 14

Go to the top Menu bar > Song > Song Information > (2 Tabs) Info/Notes

Answer 15

This feature would be really helpful!

My feature list for text notes:  1) Song (already implemented, maybe integrated in the browser tab),  2) Track notes,  3) User created/changed presets (more room, additional to the current short text line) and  4) text notes for user created audio files

features: header, timestamp and text;

simple text search, maybe the ability to search explicit for [tracks, presets, all notes, within date and time]

and a simple raw text export (you can print and format the text with windows/mac tools)

Very cool would be the ability to searching text from the start page (search in all songs)

Answer 16

Here is my suggestion: add an option to view "Show Track Notes" command at the channel level. It could look something like this

When set to 'on' you can add your notes for mics, instruments, etc. right where you set up the recording.

Later, a project-wide view could show all your notes in one place and it could even have a way to add a picture of a setup used for that ttrack 

Answer 17

A note pad per song is the ONLY thing I miss from SONAR. I would think it's a fairly easy addition (more complex if you want to make it really helpful).

Answer 18

Definitely want to see this, especially if we could get an overall Song Notes section too - just a monospaced text box to capture to-do notes, lyrics, tabs, etc. That is one of the few features I miss from GarageBand, and would also give S1 yet another edge over Pro Tools.

Answer 19

As a songwriter one of my favorite features in Logic is the Notes pane available for each song. Cut and paste in your lyrics, chords, etc. and work all in one space. In S1 I have to flip back and forth between hitting the record button and reading lyrics on a separate program, painful. Just thought I would offer it up as an great composition solution for writers!

Answer 20

Scanned through this thread, just wanted to point out this. It's a VST plugin notepad. and it's free.

Hope you all have a great week! 

Answer 21

I'm sure I have seen a 3rd party plugin for this but I would much rather have a built in one that works as it should.

Answer 22

Actually you can already do this.

I will say that Presonus must not have felt it was very important since they pretty well hid it and don't make a big deal of it in the manual.

To get to it, go the the main menu and click on Song/Information/Notes.

That opens the note pad and you can enter what you like and save it. It stays with the song.

Presonus you need to put a much more convenient link for this VERY useful item.