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I am familiar with Soundslice and use it regularly. (Obviously Brian uses it). However, I am not too familiar with Guitar Pro. I have seen it a handful of times but never really used it. What are the pros and cons to each? Is Guitar Pro something you purchase and download? Is it expensive. Thank you in advance.
John Hanau
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Yes, Guitar Pro is something you purchase and download; it runs on your computer. I don’t remember exactly what it costs but on the top of my head I would say about 70 € and in my opinion it’s worth every cent.
It’s similar to Soundslice, but is more convenient if you want to write your own guitar oriented music. It also supports other instruments, but at the heart it is a (good) guitar tabbing system.
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I think Jean-Michel offered some good advice. It is US $70 to purchase. I use it to learn songs (I used it to learn Melissa) and to write some tab for licks I want to practice. You can speed/slow them as needed just like Soundslice. I play along with them gradually increasing the speed.
They also offer MySongBook which is a library of tabs for a ton of songs. I paid $20 for 20 credits a couple years ago and I think each song tab is 1 credit. They also offer it on a subscription basis but I don’t like to pay subscriptions…I still have some credits left. You can find free tabs if you do a Google search…some of them are pretty good and some are pretty bad.
You can print the tabs too which I use occasionally when I don’t want to get online. I think it’s a good idea to have Guitar Pro in your tool box and it’s not that expensive.
Joe
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I have also had beer, Tequila and beer poured on/into my tube amp(s). Not intentionally, What a mess but they survived. I would recommend having spare tubes on hand and a good amp tech as a buddy.
John H.
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Is there a benefit to Guitar Pro over Soundslice?
Soundslice does allow you to write your own tab. Soundslice also has a decent tab library from which to choose. Does either translate mp3 files into tab? Thanks in advance.John H.
Guitar Pro lives on your computer and doesn’t need an internet connection. For my personal needs, that’s a benefit.
There are very few tools that take a binary music file and reverse engineer it into a score/tab. Even less that do it well. If you want to do that, I would recommend looking at Melodyne, or Logic.
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My first experience with interactive tablature was Soundslice and I liked it. But once I purchased and used Guitar Pro 7 (now 8) I learned that it was much more suitable for my needs. What I like about Guitar Pro is that I have it on my computer and thus I can use it offline. It feels easier to use and is more reliable (doesn’t crash like the web-based Soundslice often did), and I have way more options and settings I can play with, in fact, WAAAY more! It’s easy to just open it on my MAC and quickly jot down musical ideas. The more you use it the easier it gets 🙂 The free version of Soundslice does not include printing which was a bummer for me, the GP obviously does.
I think the main advantage of Soundslice is that is web based so it is great for sharing your tabs online or use it as teaching tool like Brian does. And Brian uses Guitar Pro to write his tabs and then simply uploads the file to Soundslice and syncs it with the online video. I also do exactly that if I want to sync a video, for example for older AM lessons that do not have Soundslice section.
The newest version of Guitar Pro 8 also allows for syncing with a mp3 track which is a game changer, love that feature. JoeD1 mentioned the Songbook which does give you access to thousands of well made tabs or even full scores that cover all the instruments and sound very close to the originals. Guitar Pro gives you a vast range of sounds that you can customize for each composition. Overall, I just find it much easier and more convenient to use than the Soundslice which seems a bit basic compared to the GP.
🎸JoLa
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For a long while, I’ve kept very rough notes of my own compositions in various forms, and used various apps. None of them seemed to be quite what I wanted – either too complicated, too basic, or required a separate way to detail things like additional instruments or Lyrics (often I’m resorting to a simple notepad 😂).
Amongst the many apps I’ve got for detailing my songs are: Suggester (and Suggester 2); Guitar Toolkit; Songbook Pro; Tonaly; ChordPro Buddy. And these are just the ones I still have on my Mac or iPad – there are many that I’ve had, but since deleted from my devices!
I’ve seen Guitar Pro mentioned on AM a few times before, and often wondered whether to give it a try – I know it’s available to try for free for a short while. But then I thought, “Really, you’re gonna try yet another one?” 😂😂.
Well… after seeing this thread, I um’d and ˈaah’d about it yet again and, 2 days ago, decided to take the plunge and purchase it for the Mac 🎼🎶
I know it’s only been 2 days, but I have to say that, so far, I’m hugely impressed 👍. I’ve been able to import the audio file of one of my songs, then start entering the tablature and lyrics to match. I’m still getting used to using the correct Rests and note-durations, plus the Lyrics seem to want to tie each word to a single note – but I’m sure this is just me wanting to run before I can walk, and not reading the manual (a common trend 😂😂).
Anyway – so far I’m totally taken with the app, and it looks like THIS is the one I’ve been searching for, for a long time! So, thank you everyone for either recommending, or commenting on it – really appreciate it 👍👍
This comment is not sponsored or funded by the Guitar Pro company, and no affiliation exists between the author or the application. 🤣🤣
Best wishes all 👍🎶😎
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I have GP8 and use it occasionally. Usually for other artists that do not use soundslice on their sites but do provide GP files instead. Soundslice is basic and easy to learn, GP takes a little bit more effort. Very seldom do I have a problem with soundslice not working or acting up. Funny but I just noticed the focus button on soundslice when you click on loop (maybe this feature has been there for a long time, but I just ignored it). This is my favorite way to loop soundslice now, so easy and clean with just the bars you want showing. I prefer my windows laptop over iPad for soundslice because of the larger screen. If you want to transpose or write music, then GP is probably the way to go. I purchased earlier versions of GP and just upgraded when newer versions came out, which is usually not that often. So, considering the years that I have used it the price feels reasonable to me.
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