Guitar Pro

darth_cupboardy said:
arrrgh
forgot to mention that Tuxguitar can read both Powertab and Guitar Pro-files.
That's why it is so awesome
cheers Jan
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So does Guitar-pro.
I remember trying Tuxguitar some time ago and not liking it but can't remember why. I'm gonna give it a try now. Probably I didn't like it because it didn't have the same tools as GP has, but maybe that has been fixed.

Habsburgs said:
Do you guys know an easy way to rearrange a song in GP without having to copy/paste? Click and drag.. or something

By rearrange I mean moving a section without having to copy, paste and add bars..
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I don't think it's possible and that is one of the things I am looking forward in a future release. Also the ability to replace the same notes with a different note (like you wrote bass drums with 36 and want them to be 35 for programming purposes)
 
I've used my whole musician life! (about 6 years now, not that long really)

Yeah there are certain limitations on the midi editing part, but it's been great for me, to write songs and see how the different instruments and parts fit with each other, someitmes I even add a vocal melody in it. Drums can be moved to any drum software like DFH or AD, and click track info also

oh and RSE is shit, I use the same general midi sounds instead
 
The guitarist in my band uses it, and I fucking hate it - I don't use to it write anything, but learning stuff from it is horrible.

There seem to be a lot of fundamental things it's missing. I'm told it doesn't let you write hammer-ons/pull-offs (I've never bothered to try), which makes it completely useless for trying to learn riffs that have any in.

It also has no respect for the actual range of instruments or techniques - I constantly get string parts from my guitarist that are in completely the wrong range and have bends etc., and every time I try to print anything from it something goes wrong too; odd bits missing, notations in the wrong places, all sorts of weird things.

My music theory is pretty terrible so when I write songs, I just record demos for my drummer (just vocals and guitars) and tabs by hand for my bassist. I'd wager it's probably quicker than using Guitar Pro for getting ideas down, and I'm not really bothered about working out structures until I'm playing with the whole band.

Steve
 
Suicide_As_Alibi said:
The guitarist in my band uses it, and I fucking hate it - I don't use to it write anything, but learning stuff from it is horrible.

There seem to be a lot of fundamental things it's missing. I'm told it doesn't let you write hammer-ons/pull-offs (I've never bothered to try), which makes it completely useless for trying to learn riffs that have any in.

It also has no respect for the actual range of instruments or techniques - I constantly get string parts from my guitarist that are in completely the wrong range and have bends etc., and every time I try to print anything from it something goes wrong too; odd bits missing, notations in the wrong places, all sorts of weird things.

My music theory is pretty terrible so when I write songs, I just record demos for my drummer (just vocals and guitars) and tabs by hand for my bassist. I'd wager it's probably quicker than using Guitar Pro for getting ideas down, and I'm not really bothered about working out structures until I'm playing with the whole band.

Steve
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1. You can add hammons or pulloff in guitar pro.

2. This sounds more like you should blame your guitarist then the software.. the GP just does what its being told to do :p

3. Thats also a way to do it, but if you are like me and is working better by doing the structures before hand instead of going to rehearsal and say "hey I got this idea, lets just jam and see where it takes us" (Not that that approach is wrong, it just does not work with me), GP is great.


Please take no offense from this, but the "hate" you have for guitar pro seems more like its fueled by your lack of knowledge about the program.
I use guitar pro all the time, always write my arrangements/songs in guitar and then when the song is complete I import it into my DAW and start working with it. its a awesome tool :)
 
This is all very interesting. I really thought until now that 'pro musicians and producers' wouldn't even touch guitar pro. The guy who recorded and mixed my band's latest demo just said "never have, never will." when asked if he uses GP...
 
GP is a great tool!

I use it in my "band" too. (I compose the music and the other guys have to learn it note for note). :p
 
Thanks for the feedback guys.
So when it comes to collaboration, are you just zipping up the GP files and sending them to your band-mates, so they can study it, or possibly make improvements and send it back?
I'm more interested to know how people use this is a collaborative manner as opposed to using it to rule your band mates with an iron fist! :D
 
digitaldeath said:
Thanks for the feedback guys.
So when it comes to collaboration, are you just zipping up the GP files and sending them to your band-mates, so they can study it, or possibly make improvements and send it back?
I'm more interested to know how people use this is a collaborative manner as opposed to using it to rule your band mates with an iron fist! :D
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when I was in bands I used to do that: compose all instruments and send it to members. They learned the songs from there but where too lazy to change stuff or learn how to write tablatures. Now I am not in bands anymore, but I still compose music (and I plan to record and produce everything myself)
 
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;)

I do have Guitar Pro though, but I never use it if I don't have to (and I do have to, many players I play with are totally helpless without it). I've tried, but I just prefer doing it by ear and then writing it up on paper, using a mix of notes, tab and chord names with rhythms written underneath. The one I use depends on what it is that I'm writing. Tabs for technical riffs, notes for melodies/solos etc. and chord names w/ rhythms for more basic rhythm guitar stuff.
 
To me, GP its one of the most useful piece of software out there. In my band, we write all out songs using GP (usually our drummer, its our main songwriter), and send the songs to the other members. Then, we discuss things that we think that have to be changed, make improvements, try new things, etc etc... and send it back just to hear opinions about the changes.

Its much easier to check if something its musically OK composing that way. Our songs usually have a lot of orchestral stuff (strings, percussion, brass, etc etc) and all is tabbed. Yeah, take time to learn to use the program and write the instruments, but later its priceless.

When the "recording time" comes, its much easier for everyone. The producer (in this case, me :p) can see (and hear!) if something won't work before record any single note. Its like (more or less) record a demo before the real recording process starts.

Cheers :kickass:
 
sopulurn said:
This is all very interesting. I really thought until now that 'pro musicians and producers' wouldn't even touch guitar pro. The guy who recorded and mixed my band's latest demo just said "never have, never will." when asked if he uses GP...
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Just because he recorded and mixed your music doesn't mean he writes music. Guitar Pro/Powertab/TabIt are compositional tools. You can completely write/arrange/layout your songs and then listen to it back. You can perfect a composition before recording any part of it. There are a lot of bands that tab out their entire albums before recording.
 
JoshuaLogan said:
Just because he recorded and mixed your music doesn't mean he writes music. Guitar Pro/Powertab/TabIt are compositional tools. You can completely write/arrange/layout your songs and then listen to it back. You can perfect a composition before recording any part of it. There are a lot of bands that tab out their entire albums before recording.
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oops, I forgot to mention he's the keyboardist and songwriter of his own band, sorry. Anyway, you're right.
 
Dexter_prog said:
maybe he can write partitures as good as Beethoven. I have always failed at learning how to read/write partitures.
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Maybe :lol: not really a fan of his band's music; it's power metal in a form I dislike more often than not. But they have a good sound, never the less.
 
I've used it as a tool for collaborating on sogwriting, although pretty much the only person I am totally compatible with song-writing wise (guitarist in one of my bands, he roams here with the name "Lazzari") lives like 2 blocks from me, so lately we've been working on songs for a new project and I just go to his house, equipped with guitars and bass and start writing and tabbing everything directly to Gp, that way we do the drums and then at home I do all my bass arangements. We always end up sending it back and forth a couple more times before having the finished version of a song. It's really useful cause you don't need to be recording stuff all the time to see if it sounds right, and don't need a full band either.

Plus, sometimes we write stuff that are more or so out of our current playing skills (would turn out too sloppy if recorded as demo) and then use that as practice to get better, it's certainly made me a better bassist by doing that often
 
Guitar Pro is awesome.

Sorry didn't read the whole thread. Just in case some have missed it.

This year (most likely) is GP6 gonna be released.

With a completely new engine.... new features and a new soundengine.

Preview video:


Their channel for more videos:
http://www.youtube.com/arobasmusic

Regards sandra
 
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Is there or will there be a way to use a midi controller to record notations into guitar pro? For example, programming a basic drum beat (kick and snare).
It would be much quicker to run through instead of point-clicking-typing kicks and snares and cymbal crashes here and there; I don't mind it that much but
using a midi controller would be nice. Quantizing (with parameter settings) the incoming midi notes would probably be useful too.

Is there a program out there that is like this already?
 
I hope so. Even tho the crashes in GP5 were nothing that destroyed your song in any way.... as mentioned before you could always just restart and GP5 is loading super fast.

They really listened to a lot of suggestions from users. It's gonna be avail for Mac and Linux aswell.

Regards sandra
 
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