Guitar Pro appreciation thread

[NickInMesa]

I think this is a really good tool to learn new tabs. I also force myself to learn by reading the standard notation (as you can turn off the tabs).

I'd like to here your stories, as well as knowing what you'd like to see improved regarding the functionalities of this piece of software, as far as bass playing is concerned.

Do you use it for other instruments?
Do you use it to note your own music?

[atom1962]

really great tool. got it from torrent. i use it.

[NickInMesa]

Originally Posted by atom1962

really great tool. got it from torrent. i use it.

Hey, maybe you should pay for it if you use it?

(Software guy here who likes to be paid for his work)

[MilkyMcMilkMilk]

I love Guitar Pro. now whenever i buy a tab book 1st thing i do is put em in guitar pro then the songs become easy.

[warnergt]

The best thing about Guitar Pro is the availability of tunes. There are
literally tens of thousands of tunes available. You just can't beat this.

What I don't like about GP is how it switches from page to page.
As it approaches the end of the page, you can't see the notes that
are coming in the next bar no matter what. The first note of the next
page is playing before you even see what it is.

Apple's GarageBand and Logic, on the other hand, can scroll the score so
you can always see what is coming. GP should do something like this.

[NickInMesa]

Warner, that is one thing I don't like either, the scrolling feature would be a good thing.

Another glitch I have seen is when you want to move a tied note up or down, the second note does not move and is tied to the previous note.

[JQ1986]

I use it all the time for learning songs fast, especially the ones where I can't really hear the bassline. I just mute out all the other instruments and play along with it. I've also used it for figuring out how to rewrite oldies songs in the form of punk for a project I've been working on for a few months now. So that way when I have the right people for it I can give them the music and start practicing right away.

[WRBass]

Originally Posted by NickInMesa

Another glitch I have seen is when you want to move a tied note up or down, the second note does not move and is tied to the previous note.

Mine does! But I remember it being the way you describe it. I don't know what I did to make it work.

It is tricky to delete the first note of a pair tied together. You need to untie it first, otherwise it will try to tie itself to some note earlier in the track.

Here is a problem that I have with ties and repeats with alternate endings.


Anyone find a solution to that?

[peter6725]

I <3 Guitar pro:-D

[bassksun]

If it were'nt for GP I'd still be reading tabs.

[Skyblue977]

I have it and love it.
Tranpose keys? No problem. Slow the song down and build up to correct temp? Sure. Print the score? Easy.
Yes it's out there on the torrents. but it's only a few bob. Cough up and pay for it. It's that good!

[Gawd]

GP is a great program. Especially for writing music, it's great to be able to arrange a whole song for a full band and listen to it without leaving your computer. Great for practicing, playing along with the accuracy of a computer really helped my internal metronome and made me more accurate.

[Ole Rumblekat]

+ 1 to the idea of buying the program. It's $60. Meanwhile, can anyone out there tell me the basic difference between Guitar-Pro and Powertab?

[santucci218]

guitar pro just sounds better and works nicer.

[WRBass]

I went from PowerTab to GuitarPro. I don't remember all the differences, but I never went back. And, you can import PowerTab files into GuitarPro.

[Soverntear]

been messing around with it. any one know of a good guide for it?

[TheXym]

I use Finale quite extensively for arranging for my choir, etc. Is there a way to convert GP files to MIDI (.MID) or .MUS (Finale) format so I could use them in Finale?

[Skyblue977]

Originally Posted by TheXym

Is there a way to convert GP files to MIDI (.MID) or .MUS (Finale) format so I could use them in Finale?

Yes - once you have saved your composition, use the File\Export function and you can export to .mdi
or .xml but not .mus.
Very cool.

[Doo Wop]

Can you import music from CD's or MP3 files into Guitar Pro?

[Mikio]

I loooooove guitar pro, I make ALL of my compositions there, for any style, even orchestral music!! it's fast and comfy, not like Finale ¬¬ I HATE that bastard xD [and I know how to use it, still I hate it!!! ASDSA FSAD]