By using its live preview feature musicians may play along with the song, following the tablature played in real time.įiles 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. 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. Included in version 4 onwards is a virtual keyboard that allows pianists to add their part to a composition.

It allows for certain tracks to be muted and provides dynamic control over the volume, phasing and other aspects of each track. 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. The software makes use of multiple instrument tracks which follow standard staff notation, but also shows the notes on tablature notation. In April 2017, Guitar Pro 7 was officially released with new features and dropped Linux support. 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 2011, a version was made to work with the Fretlight guitar called Guitar Pro 6 Fretlight Ready.

An Android version was released on December 17, 2014.

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. This version also supports Linux, with 32-bit Ubuntu being the officially supported distribution. On April 5, 2010, Guitar Pro 6, a completely redesigned version, was released. 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. Until it reached version 4, the software was only available for Microsoft Windows. 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. There have been five popular public major releases of the software: versions 3–7. ( March 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.

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