Guitar Pro 7.5 is software for your Mac or Windows 10 computer (Windows 7 SP1/8/10, Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10 or later). It is the premier tablature software for authoring and playing MIDI/Tab files. Guitar Pro 7.5 lets you open tab files and see the tab on the screen. Click play and the song will start playing. Download the latest version of Tux Guitar for Mac - Guitar tab and notation editor, viewer and player. Read 5 user reviews of Tux Guitar on MacUpdate. It can open Tabledit, Guitar Pro, and Power Tab files. It can export to Lilypond format. Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later. We downloaded Guitar Pro 6 to my MacBook Pro which runs OS X (version 10.8.5). It is important to note that it crashed immediately afterwards 4 times until I correctly added the 'sound banks' into the program. It was a separate file on the disc I didn't consider until I noticed every time I attempted a new instrument it crashed, erasing everything.
Guitar Pro
Developer(s)
Arobas Music
Stable release
7.5.4 (build 1799)
Written in
C++
Operating system
Microsoft Windows, macOS
Type
Scorewriter MIDI Editor
License
Proprietary
Website
www.guitar-pro.com
Guitar Pro is a multitrack editor of guitar and basstablature and musical scores, possessing a built-in MIDI-editor, a plotter of chords, a player, a metronome and other tools for musicians. It has versions for Windows and Mac OS X (Intel processors only) and is written by the French company Arobas Music.
History[edit]
There have been five popular public major releases of the software: versions 3–7. Guitar Pro was initially designed as a tablature editor, but has since evolved into a full-fledged score writer including support for many musical instruments other than guitar.
Until it reached version 4, the software was only available for Microsoft Windows. Later, Guitar Pro 5 (released November 2005) undertook a year-long porting effort and Guitar Pro 5 for the Mac OS X was released in July 2006. On April 5, 2010, Guitar Pro 6, a completely redesigned version, was released. This version also supports Linux, with 32-bit Ubuntu being the officially supported distribution.
On February 6, 2011, the first ever portable release of Guitar Pro (version 6) was made available on the App Store for support with the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad running iOS 3.0 or later. An Android version was released on December 17, 2014.
Guitar Pro For Mac
In 2011, a version was made to work with the Fretlight guitar called Guitar Pro 6 Fretlight Ready. The tablature notes being played in Guitar Pro 6 Fretlight Ready show up on the Fretlight guitar's LEDs which are encased within the guitar's fretboard to teach you the song.
In April 2017, Guitar Pro 7 was officially released with new features and dropped Linux support.
Background[edit]
The software makes use of multiple instrument tracks which follow standard staff notation, but also shows the notes on tablature notation[1]. It gives the musician visual access to keys (banjos, drumkits, etc.) for the song to be composed, and allows live previews of the notes to be played at a specified tempo. It allows for certain tracks to be muted and provides dynamic control over the volume, phasing and other aspects of each track. Included in version 4 onwards is a virtual keyboard that allows pianists to add their part to a composition.
Guitar Pro outputs sound by means of a library and/or, as of version 5, the 'Realistic Sound Engine' (RSE) which uses high quality recorded samples for a more realistic playback.[2] By using its live preview feature musicians may play along with the song, following the tablature played in real time.
Files composed using Guitar Pro are recorded in the GP, GPX, GP5, GP4 and GP3 format, corresponding to versions 7, 6, 5, 4, and 3 of the software. These file formats lack forward compatibility, and opening them in an older version of Guitar Pro prompts the user to upgrade their software to the respective version.These tab files are available free on several websites, including songs of both underground and popular bands. However, copyright issues raised by the Music Publishers' Association (MPA) pressured some of these sites to close.[3]