Guitar Pro 6

[BillW]

Very open ended question but I'm considering buying this. But I'm not sure what value it has.

I know I can load tabs and have it play them slowed down for learning. But my guitar tab software has a tab pro interface that does the same thing.

I can use it to write tabs but that's all manual. That is it doesn't transcribe what I am playing so that's of limited value.

Does anyone here use it? If so, for what? Can anyone talk me into or talk me out of buying this?

Thanks much.

[Rolling Estonian]

I used to use it when I was first learning guitar. For me it was a good way to get an idea of a songs chords, tabs etc. There are free files floating around out there that have 100k+ songs which is kind of cool. Now with tab sites, YouTube and other resources I don't even have it installed on my system anymore.......

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[Matt102583]

The main thing I use it for these days is the midi drum track. Say If I want to record a cover song, usually you can find a guitar pro file where someone has mapped out the drum parts, I then export the file as Midi, drag that into mixcraft and then delete whatever tracks I don't wanna use then go and use EZdrummer or something on the drum track. works great.

[GrizzKarizz]

I quite like Guitar Pro. I use it to make tabs for my band mates, and to learn solos and stuff. It is pricey though.

[fredfish]

I have used Guitar Pro 6 (although I prefer Guitar Pro 5 for some reason!)

There is a very good free tab editor out there called TuxGuitar (it will even read Guitar Pro files). Have a look here

http://sourceforge.net/projects/tuxguitar/

I agree that it is a great way of getting drum parts (and in my case the bass parts as well). At least it provides a great starting point.

Cheers

John

[Rolling Estonian]

Interesting about the use of drum track, I'll have to try that out. I used to just mute all the tracks I didn't want and play along with the tune. Like I said you can find tons of GP files out there.

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[BillW]

Never thought about the drum track idea.

Plus I see they have an app for tablets as well.

The price on Amazon is about $40 which is not outrageous. I think I'll pull the trigger on it.

Thanks very much for all the feedback. (Guitar..feedback...get it?)

[Rolling Estonian]

Let us know how you like the new version.

A good site: www.gprotab.net

M