Arobas Music Guitar Pro 6 user reviews ( 6/10) - 28 user reviews

Users reviews

• 05/06/12

  JeffTadashi's review "Great tool that keeps getting better"

  Getting Started

  Guitar Pro 6 is the latest edition of the very successful guitar tabulature program. It's one of the few notation software made with the guitarist in mind. As a multi instrumentalist, I appreciate all of the classical elements of music notation available, and as a guitarist, I love all of the tab-based accents, such as slides, hammers, strums, chording, and even wah.
  
  
  
  In the newest version, one of the biggest additions is the extensive selection of guitar amps, pedals, and other studio effects that can be used on the playback sound. Although very, very far from sounding real, and even far behind guitar amp emulation, it is a very useful tool, especially considering the guitar is totally synthesized. You may need some imagination to hear the heavier guitar tones, but a wonderful tool nonetheless. But with the wealth of classic amps, distortion pedals, compressions, and delays, Guitar Pro 6 brings something very new to the notation software table.

  Suitability/Performance

  Guitar Pro has been a big of a resource hog in the past, on my older computers; I remember my old laptop struggling to play the guitar tones in real time without glitching and lagging. But I've had no problems with Guitar 6 on my current Windows 7 system. Playback timing is accurate, it doesn't glitch, and it is reasonably fast switching the playback on and off quickly.

  Overall Opinion

  Overall, this is a powerful tool that every guitarist and musician can use in some way. With flexibility to work with many instruments, including drums and piano, and with a staff and mixer interface that is relatively straightforward, it only takes a little musical knowledge to work your way though this program. And with Guitar Pro's smart guitar tabbing logic, it is always simple and easy to lay out guitar tabs.
  
  
  
  I do wish there was a sustain function, for when I notate piano lines, and I do wish the guitar sounds were a little more realistic. But it has certainly never been easier to share tabs and guitar lines with all of my friends with this software.
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• 01/05/12

  loudfunk's review "What happened?!?!?!"

  Getting Started

  Im a long time Guitar Pro user (since version 4) on Windows (XP, Vista 7) and OSX.
  
  Before the change to OSX 10.7 it was running ok at best. After Lion it has become a nightmare of a software.
  
  It will not recognize the sound card, regardless of it being the build-n card or any external interface, such as MOTU 896 MkIII, AVID Eleven Rack, and forget Axe-Fx 2 for this since the software only plays nice at 44.1 kHz sample rate.

  Suitability/Performance

  The basic idea of it as a transcription app is sound. It worked great up to version 5. There are some weird short comings like midi export does not include pitch bends you draw into the tab, or print outs insist on having dynamics marks. But the ingest issue is that not only does the current version not want to run on Lion even though the developer claims its Lion compatible, even worse their support is beyond lame. Their standard question to the same recurring problem by numerous customers is have you switched your audio deice to 44.1 kHz.

  Overall Opinion

  If they get around to making it run stable again it will be ok. Not great! Before the issue with Lion it had a tendency to play back at the wrong pitch (sample rate issue). Therefore being completely unusable as a play along unless you changed the tuning of the program.
  
  
  
  My suggestion for any one looking at transcription software would be to look into the programs notion music offers.
  
  Also the display options and fonts are nothing you would expect from a transcription software. I've dabbled in Sibelius which looks amazing, and am used to do my wok in Finale which also looks great and the printed end results are not comparable.I just downloaded the den for Notion and that seems to do everything I need in the way I do, and look the way it should. Unlike this disappointment of a software.
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• 02/22/13

  Jim Ladine's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Excellent editor"

  Getting Started

  Easy installation is quick choice to import the database or not CSR (according to our usage and hard disk space ^ ^)
  
  No compatibility issues with windows 7 64bit anyway.
  
  Intuitive configuration.
  
  Not need to understand the operation manual, and even less when we have bases of music theory.

  Suitability/Performance

  I have a Windows 7 64bit
  
  Intel Core i5 2320 3GHz
  
  8GB of Ram
  
  Asus ATI EAH5770 graphics card
  
  In short, a very good gear and despite this, some are recognized freeze crashes see if we ask him too.
  
  Ideal for those who want to take their time to write their scores, however, if you plan to write two pages in a time of 2 minutes, it might freezer ..

  Overall Opinion

  I use it frequently and over a year.
  
  I try free spreadsheets found on the net, version 4 and 5 of Guitar Pro ... nothing compares.
  
  In this interface is not very different annoying, you get used to quickly interface more intuitive GP6.
  
  
  
  The +
  
  * Intuitive
  
  * Possible to edit many tracks and instruments
  
  * The exports to PDF, midi, wave and GP5 (available after update) are welcome
  
  * Many tunings available with 7 and 8 strings (for 8 strings, it seems to me that GP5 did not do)
  
  
  
  The -
  
  * The freezes and crashes, not enough stable.
  
  * Sounds CSR gives a slight glimpse but protects a misnomer because the sounds are far from being realistic (but it's still more enjoyable than the noonday ...).
  
  * GP5 offered the opportunity to build the battery pack "solfègique" AND so "tablature" with a number corresponding to an element (38 = clear box / 40 = kick). The latter approach has been eliminated in version GP6 which is unfortunate, because if Guitar Pro is designed for drummers guitarist more than it would have been better to just keep this scoring system, especially for non-drummers for have the opportunity to learn the nomenclature battery.
  
  
  
  Despite the drawbacks, if I do it again if necessary choices because I have not found better yet.
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• 02/21/13

  Sunrage's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

  Getting Started

  RAS

  Suitability/Performance

  The software suffers from slowdowns even with a good or very good config

  Overall Opinion

  Very disappointed with the sound quality. The CSR has become a sacred soup, both in GP5 was loud, but at least we differentiated the notes. Oh, there might be ways to clarify everything. But I have other things to do than configure sound for one hour to read music which will last 2 minutes and moreover will reset when you next open the software.
  
  I'm not going to spread on each instrument. The guitar is the soup, the bass is not one, the battery has a reverb to certain caves turn pale ...
  
  Oh, and no church organ, rock organ of poor quality, basta.
  
  
  
  Arf, you criticize, but it is the base software for GUITAR, not for the rest!
  
  
  
  Yes, I know, but as said before, the guitar is horrible, this is the first point. When we realize that CSR 1 (GP5) or MIDI have better quality than RSE2, ben € 60 out of pocket for it, ouch.
  
  
  
  I'm not talking about the interface, which in my opinion has declined, the GP5 was at least straightforward.
  
  And bugs. And bugs. And even bugs. But that is Arobas.
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• 07/30/12

  pest 35's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Avoid it if you work on earlier versions"

  Getting Started

  Simple Installation next -> next -> next -> Finish

  Suitability/Performance

  quad core, 4GB ram ..... and yet it drags the leg
  
  Regular crash for some exports
  
  catastrophic instability ....

  Overall Opinion

  J uses guitar pro (13 years earlier)
  
  Well it is beautiful this software with its beautiful interface and variety of new functionality, which at the end of the day are useless .....
  
  because the principle of these publishers is to have a STABLE tool on which to transcribe our pieces and distributed to other musicians of his or her projects without taking the head and especially fast without having a seizure or other crash bugs (already that c is boring to transcribe)
  
  If you want a publisher of quality food that does not a packet of resources and that does not give you balance your desire to choose a keyboard earlier versions
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• 07/30/12

  Jia's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Not to be used on Mac!"

  Getting Started

  No worries

  Suitability/Performance

  iMac purchased in July 2012, 4GB ram, i5 ... In short, not enough to make one less excuse for the crash.
  
  
  
  Performance? I would love to know them, the software systematically plant startup after a crash while using it, since, impossible to reuse. It is an expensive single-use software!
  
  The little I've seen, or rather hear, is that the nuances are poorly managed for all instruments: the height of the track volume varies with the frequency of notes. As for the piano, WHETHER OR WINDOWS ON OSX, the notes are more acute and more they are low in volume.
  
  
  
  Never trust the piano in general; For Mac user: use with a Windows partition.

  Overall Opinion

  I use it for around 2 years on PC and Mac in recent months.
  
  It crashes fairly regularly on PC (required to record all operations 2) and more awful lot on the Mac.
  
  I had five GP on PC which previously worked fine.
  
  
  
  Quality / price ratio: since version "exploitable" Mac has been completely botched it is very expensive for a single use.
  
  
  
  With experience, I regret very bitterly of having paid to use it. A word ...
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• 05/28/12

  shirirules's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " to avoid ..."

  Getting Started

  no worries.

  Suitability/Performance

  j have 8G of RAM on an iMac duo but hey, not bad ... ream ca

  Overall Opinion

  guitar pro 6 is a real disappointment for me ...
  
  I always use guitar pro or tux guitar, because they wore out their names.
  
  This was for guitarists logicels therefore centers on the tabs.
  
  
  
  guitar pro 6 has additional ambitions, certainly become "pro partition" ...
  
  
  
  Here is the list of issues that annoy:
  
  
  
  - More likely to put on an even different velocities (or at the battery for example)
  
  - More likely to get the batteries or other instrument via tabs.
  
  We must get used to each scoring system (including battery).
  
  We should all be able to read / write the solfege to battery?
  
  If I buy this GUITAR pro is because I want an easy to use, quick to understand and for this software, tab-centric.
  
  I do not buy Guitar Pro to find myself with a partition editor like the others ....
  
  - The copy-paste is less convenient than before
  
  - The copy-paste the layout of the tabs annihilated therefore must start all over after a hand ... thank you ...
  
  - Crash too.
  
  
  
  Personal opinion:
  
  - The CSR is unnecessary, especially considering the quality of sound ...
  
  
  
  If you want a simple tool to transcribe your songs (I'm talking about rock / pop / metal, if you make the classical / rap at the base, this is not the software you need), rather look at the rating tux guitar. It's free and easy.
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• 05/15/12

  Fredzic's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " sad ...."

  Getting Started

  RAS

  Suitability/Performance

  Used on an iMac Core i3 with 12 GB of RAM one would hope that all is for the better ... Well no! Repeated crashes, bugs incomprehensible!

  Overall Opinion

  Purchased for a TAB notation software quality to achieve my classes, with additional banks that fortunately is not too expensive, though ... Where I'm running a Pro Logic without problems charged with virtual instruments galore, plugins everywhere on a groin of 20 tracks, Guitar Pro 6, well it it crashes with 4 or 5!!
  
  I am extremely disappointed with this software, unstable, but without practical enough to cry genius, and above all, and this is perhaps where the problem probably botched integration at mac ....
  
  To read some reviews it seems that at least version 5 was best accomplished under windows ...
  
  In short I bought it and I regret it ...
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• 05/08/12

  Ninspade's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " If we kept GP5"

  Getting Started

  No problems with installation or use. It took that I adapt to the new interface and voila!

  Suitability/Performance

  This software works very well on a recent machine.

  Overall Opinion

  I use GP6 in recent months. I honestly have not seen an improvement in use. I kept GP5 which allows me to still use the old format partitions GP3.
  
  
  
  The sound is better but, overall, I find it less practical. But it is true that it is especially cheap.
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• 05/04/12

  ScahR's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

  Getting Started

  Installation is no problem since it is a 32bit OS.
  
  Regarding the 64bit, installation is simply impossible, or it must tinker fully its OS to make it compatible, and yet ... (Several tests on 64bit Linux distro).
  
  
  
  An Internet connection is required to activate the software.
  
  
  
  Otherwise, I turn on an Ubuntu 4.12 32bit PAE, and no worries.

  Suitability/Performance

  GP6 is installed on my laptop ASUS N53J because my fixed in Ubuntu 11.10 64bit and poses too many problems with this app). Core i5-450M, 4GB RAM, OS Ubuntu 4.12 32bit PAE.
  
  
  
  Level performance, nothing to say, never any lag even on tabs more than 10 tracks. GP6 is a little space in RAM. According to my tests, to have very good perfs, one must have mini 2GB of RAM for Linux, and 3GB for a Seven.
  
  
  
  The software works well, a crash from time to time but it is fairly rare, and often after several hours of use. An application restart and go again, where one was (GP6 made backups of itself and as a measure of mods).

  Overall Opinion

  I use it since the first day of its release, I am very pleased overall. The sound quality of different instruments is excellent, and can be adjusted through different equalizer really well made. This is a very professional software vaiment worth its price. In addition, consistent with the three major OS (windows / mac / linux).
  
  
  
  I tried the free software "tuxguitar", but it still has quite a delay relative to GP6.
  
  
  
  I still regret not taking care of 64bit on Linux, which is still annoying considering the performance of current machines (and thus the generalization of 64bit systems).
  
  Some random crashes may be a little annoying, but nothing too serious, and it's still very casual.
  
  I also regret the lack of this app followed by developers: Updates too few and hence the bugs rarely, if ever corrected! And upgrade requests, notament for 64bit, are simply being forgotten.
  
  
  
  I would do anyway this choice, this software is essential to me to me and other members of my group.
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