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brando56894

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From: NYC

Registered: 2008-08-03

Posts: 681

Guitar Tab Player

Hey im looking for a program that will play guitar tabs using midi, i have kguitar but the midi it produces sounds horrible (compared to Tab-It and other windows variants) and is unbearable to listen to. ive also tried to compile tuxguitar but it wouldnt work for me. any suggestions would be appreciated.

kakabaratruskia

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2003-08-24

Posts: 596

Re: Guitar Tab Player

What was your problem with tuxguitar?

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Registered: 2008-07-03

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Re: Guitar Tab Player

Download this soundfont and from Tuxguitar > Tools > Plugins > Java Sound Api plugin > Configure > Use custom soundbank >> and browse to the downloaded soundfont. You can also find soundfonts for your taste from Hammersound.

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brando56894

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From: NYC

Registered: 2008-08-03

Posts: 681

Re: Guitar Tab Player

this is what i get when i compile it from source

[bran@ra tuxguitar-src-1.0]$ sudo make -s
Password:
# JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/
# JAVA=
# JAVAC=
# SWT_JAR=
which: no javac in (/opt/kde/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/opt/java/jre/bin:/usr/bin/perlbin/site:/usr/bin/perlbin/vendor:/usr/bin/perlbin/core:/opt/qt/bin:/opt/kde/bin)
/opt/java/jre/bin/java
/bin/sh: ant: command not found
make: *** [TuxGuitar/tuxguitar.jar] Error 127

im going to try and use the jet installer now that doesnt need jvm

edit: it installs fine

Last edited by brando56894 (2008-10-28 19:09:50)

Surgat_

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Registered: 2007-08-08

Posts: 317

Re: Guitar Tab Player

TuxGuitar is in [commuity], you didn't need to compile it.

GERGE

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From: Turkey

Registered: 2008-09-29

Posts: 157

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Re: Guitar Tab Player

Guitar Pro works perfectly with Wine, even RSE. If you don't want tı pay, demo version of Guitar Pro can also play the files without RSE but you can not compose with that.

carlyse_09

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Registered: 2008-11-01

Posts: 3

Re: Guitar Tab Player

I used to study before when i was in high school about guitar tabs.Very interesting as part of music lessons and i continue to do it on summer seasons.

Last edited by carlyse_09 (2013-12-08 01:52:15)

arch0r

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From: From the Chron-o-John

Registered: 2008-05-13

Posts: 597

Re: Guitar Tab Player

guitar pro and RSE run fine but i don't get any midi output -.-
did you have the same issue!? if yes, how did you solve it!?

Last edited by arch0r (2008-11-01 08:47:50)

GERGE

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From: Turkey

Registered: 2008-09-29

Posts: 157

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Re: Guitar Tab Player

I just installed timidity and used Alsa in wine. It worked. But you can also use wineasio drivers and use alsa with jack frontend. This way you can even give output of GP to Ardour and use a vst from there. But if you are into ProAudio you should use Logic or Pro Tools. Linux just isn't enough. I am using Linux in my notebook but in pro life Mac rules. I never used any thing other than Mac in a studio. (Sometimes they give you Pro Tools in a Windows, but is not that different) Ardour is making progress but there isn't that many plugins up to par with the ones I am familiar with.

Anyway, if you are not that serious use jack with ardour and wineasio. It would be an educating experince. Ardour has vst support but since I am a fan of Pro Tools it does not mean that much to me and it is very buggy. At least it was buggy last winter. How it is now? I haven't used Ardour since that. Did they made much progress? Back than, even using Reaper by wine was a way better than Ardour.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Timidity

Last edited by GERGE (2008-11-01 10:49:53)