New in Progression 3
Progression 3 makes it easier than ever for you to write your ideas quickly and includes new effects from PreSonus Studio One, an enhanced chord library, and many notation and publishing improvements.
Notation improvements make Progression 3 even faster and easier to use than previous versions, including an enharmonic spelling tool, cross-staff notation, and new shortcut sets. You also get an enhanced chord library with more library chords, user-created chords, and recent-chord recall.
Major new Progression 3 features include:
- PreSonus plug-ins: Includes three PreSonus Native Effects™ plug-ins from Studio One®: Limiter, Compressor, EQ
- Notation and tab: Many notation and tablature improvements make Progression the fastest and easiest composition software on the planet, including new enharmonic spelling tool, cross-staff notation, layout improvements, and new shortcut sets. There’s a new Capo feature, too!
- Chords: An enhanced chord library provides more library chords, user created chords, and Recent Chord Recall
- Look and feel: The user interface has been redesigned to be more consistent with PreSonus’ award-winning Studio One DAW
- International localization: Available in English (U.S. and UK), French, German, Japanese, and Latin American Spanish
- Display: Mac Retina display and Windows 8 touchscreen optimization
Click here for a more extensive list of new features in Progression 3.
Notion/Progression New Features Comparison
All Features |
Notion 5 |
Progression 3 |
| Cross-staff Beaming | Yes | Yes |
| Expanded Chord Library | Yes | Yes |
| Video Integration | Yes | No |
| Add PreSonus Effects | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Rules Editor | Yes | No |
| New PreSonus-style User Interface | Yes | Yes |
| Languages: add French, German, Spanish (Latin American), Japanese | Yes | Yes |
| Out-of-Range Notes Change Color | Yes | Yes |
| Improve Note Spelling in MIDI Entry | Yes | Yes |
| Flip Enharmonics of a Region and Selected Notes | Yes | Yes |
| Copy/Paste To and From Individual Voices | Yes | No |
| Add Tie in Step Time | Yes | Yes |
| Hide/Show Cautionary Key/Clef/Meter | Yes | Yes |
| Slash Notation - No Stems | Yes | Yes |
| Allow Formatting of All Text Items | Yes | Yes |
| Add Capo Feature | Yes | Yes |
| Titles Sync Across Score and Parts | Yes | No |
| Page/System Break in Individual Parts Does Not Affect Score or Other Parts | Yes | No |
| Multiple Printing: Print All Parts; Specific Numbers of Parts; Print Selected Parts; Fix Titles Across Parts | Yes | No |
| Start/Stop Attached WAV File at Any Point in Score | Yes | No |
| New Samples Available as Expansion Sounds | Yes | No |
| Bounce Stems | Yes | No |
| Add More Buses | Yes | No |
| New Sample Library Support | Yes | No |
| Touchscreen Optimization for Windows 8 | Yes | Yes |
| International Keyboard-Shortcut Set Options | Yes | Yes |
| Sibelius and Finale Keyboard-Shortcut Set Options | Yes | Yes |
| Retina Display Support | Yes | Yes |
| Drag Systems and Score Items | Yes | Yes |
