Guitar Pro is a multitrack tablature editor for guitar, banjo and bass. Besides writing scores, Guitar Pro is a useful resource for guitarists from beginner to experienced levels to progress , compose , or simply accompany themselves.

Powerfull; Simple and Intuitive Editor

Scores for Everybody
Known for its ease of use, Guitar Pro allows you to easily and intuitively enter notes by using keyboard keys, mouse clicks on a fretboard or directly a MIDI instrument.

Guitar Pro can handle up to 256 tracks and supports 4- to 7-strings instruments as well as percussions. It is even possible to enter non-guitar tracks




A well-designed interface

The numerous toolbars available allow you to quickly access the most important features.

With multitrack/monotrack display, horizontal or vertical scrolling, the screen display adjusts to your preferences and score types.


A Complete Workshop for the Guitarist

The Chord Diagram Generator

The chord diagram generator allows you to easily add chord diagrams to your score, but it is also a unrivalled reference tool for the guitarist.

Ask for any chord in any tuning and Guitar Pro will show you every diagram possible.

Create a chord diagram by clicking on the grid, and Guitar Pro will give you all the corresponding names.

A must-have tool for learning and composing!



The Scales Tool

The scale tool allows you to view and listen to a large number of scales, from the most common to the most exotic.

The selected scale can be displayed on the fretboard or keyboard and thus serve as a reference for writing a score.

An analysis function is also available to search the whole score or part of it for scales used.



The Digital or MIDI Tuner

The digital tuner allows you to tune your guitar by pluging it to the sound card input or by using a microphone. The MIDI tuner allows you to tune your guitar by ear, string after string.

The tuners work for every tuning possible, from 4- to 7-strings.


The Fretboard and the Keyboard

The fretboard, available for 4- to 7-strings, allows you to view and enter notes on the score.

It is able to show the notes of the current beat, but also the next beat ones, the complete bar ones, or the selected scale ones. A really great tool for beginners or mouse work.

The keyboard is also available, and has the same features as the fretboard. It can be handy for non-guitar tracks.



The Metronome and the Countdown

The metronome gives the tempo while playing a score. You can also use it alone without playing a score.

The countdown gives the tempo on an empty bar before playing the score. It gives you the time to take your instrument after having launched the playing.


View and Listen your Tab

The Image... and the Sound!

Far more than a simple editor, Guitar Pro allows you to view and listen to a score under the most favourable conditions.

The 100%-adjustable screen display optimizes the available space by adapting the score to the windows width.

Optimized Playing Functions

While playing, the score scrolls automatically and a cursor indicates the played note.

The sound restitution is able to render guitar-specific effets like bends or slides...

The unrivalled Speed Trainer tool allows you to play a part of the score looped while making the tempo change at every pass. Very handy to learn a solo!

The Mix Table and the Global View

Guitar Pro includes a complete mix table that allows you to set the tracks audio parameters like the instrument, the volume, the chorus or the reverb. You can also use it to mute one or several tracks. Perfect when you want the computer to accompany you.



Import, Export and Share

MIDI Import/Export

MIDI Import allows to convert a MIDI file (simple description of musical notes) into a true multitrack tablature.

Guitar Pro computes and optimizes each note position on the fretboard in order to make the score as easy as possible to play.

Guitar Pro is also able to export the tablature to a MIDI file in order to use it in other softwares.

ASCII Import/Export

The ASCII format - or simple text file - was the first format used to share tablatures.
Given the ease of use with a simple text editor, this format is widely spread despite its obsolescence (no way to play the score...).

Guitar Pro allows you to convert these text files into Guitar Pro scores in a simple mouse click to listen to them or to print them.

Guitar Pro is also able to convert a tablature into a ASCII file.

WAVE Export

The WAVE Export allows you to convert a Guitar Pro file into an audio file. This way, it will be playable without Guitar Pro, and you will be able to burn it onto an audio CD.

BMP Export

The BMP Export (image) allows you to save your tablatures to a big image. This image can be integrated in a web page to spread it for example.


Guitar Pro 5 RSE - Realistic Sound Engine

Information:
Guitar Pro RSE is an audio engine that allows the instant playback of all your scores with ultra realistic sound samples taken from high quality guitars.

RSE technical characteristics:
Puce 14 sound banks (2 Nylon, 2 Acoustic, 2 Electric, 1 Jazz, 4 bass, 3 Drum kit)
Puce CD quality sound samples (44100Hz 16bits)
Puce Auto-accentuation and Human Playing
Puce Realistic playing of Palm-Mute, Dead Note, Harmonics, Hammer/Pull off effects
Puce Amplifier and effects pedal simulator (including Wah-Wah) more than 250 presets
Puce 3-Band EQ for each track, 10-Band Master
Puce Ambiance Reverb



Technical Specifications

General

* Tablature editor for 4, 5, 6 and 7 strings
* Possible edition and printing in standard notation
* Multitrack score (256 tracks for instruments and percussion)
* Drum notation

Interface

* Full-screen entering
* Vertical or horizontal scrolling of the score
* Multitrack display
* Quick and intuitive interface (buttons, hints, shortcuts, etc.)
* 100% configurable display of the score (size, fonts, colors, etc.)
* Automatic display of the rhythm and bar break/length regarding note durations
* Proportional or non-proportional display of the rhythm (selection of the coefficient)

Editing

* Note duration management
* Various effects (bend, slide, vibrato, grace notes, ghost notes, harmonics, etc.)
* Repeat open, repeat close and alternate endings
* Support for triplets (3 or 4 notes), quintuplets, etc.
* Time signature management
* Assistant window for percussion sounds
* Lyrics support
* MIDI Input

Printing


* Professional-quality printing of the score
* Multitrack printing of the tablature or tablature & standard notation
* 100% configurable printing of the score (size, fonts, proportions, area, elements, etc.)
* Print preview

Sound

* Playback of the score (via MIDI interface), with guitar effects (bend, etc.)
* Tunings library with the possibility to tune each string independently
* Selection of the tempo
* Selection of the instrument, volume, pan, chorus and reverb for each track
* 12 strings guitar simulation
* Triplet feel playback
* Possibility to insert mix table change events (tempo, volume, instrument, etc.)
* Mix table in real-time

Import/Export

* Multitrack MIDI importation with quantization (formats 0/1)
* Optimized fingering for the MIDI importation
* MIDI exportation of selected tracks
* Recognition of the rhythm for the ASCII importation (or imposed rhythm)
* ASCII Import & Export
* WAVE Export
* BMP Export (Bitmap Image)

Various Features

* Transposition
* Digital Guitar Tuner
* FretBoard
* KeyBoard
* Scales Tool
* Speed Trainer assistant (play a part of the score in a loop increasingly faster)
* Automatic arranging of bar lengths
* Automatic fingering assistant

Formats

* gtp, gp3, gp4, gp5
* MIDI, ASCII
* WAVE
* BMP
* MusicXML


Minimal Requirements (MIDI Playback)

Windows

Puce Windows® 98SE/2000/XP/Vista Windows 98SE/2000/XP
Puce Administrator rights for installation
Puce Pentium 500 Mhz
Puce 128 MB RAM
Puce Sound card - CD-ROM drive
Puce 35 MB free hard disk space




RSE Requirements (Audio Playback)

Windows

Puce Windows® 98SE/2000/XP/Vista Windows 98SE/2000/XP
Puce Administrator rights for installation
Puce Pentium 4 - 1.7 Ghz ou sup
Puce 512 MB RAM
Puce Sound card - CD-ROM drive
Puce 700 MB free hard disk space