I have not tried the transfer to Guitat pro 8 but it’s the one area I can use the almost start Template.
I can do most notations and transcription in a few days but bringing that to tab making proven to be a tricky task. When I see the notes I can see paths and potential patterns and it’s usually it a fix path but tab is fix and making that commitment is a tricky thing, 
It certainly doesn’t need to be exact, unless you want to be a studio session player
I played around with the AI function a little and it works mostly ok and sometimes very good.
AI transcribing depends heavily on the audio quality of the YouTube track. Sometimes that quality s#cks!
So I am now uploading my own YouTube Videos .
I create my own videos in a batch with my original FLACS (lossless compression) using this script:
ffmpeg -loop 1 -i image.jpg -i input.flac -c:v libx264 -acodec flac -vf “pad=ceil(iw/2)*2:ceil(ih/2)*2” -shortest output_image.mp4
You need ffmpeg and some image. I just use a small white jpg.
Of course you can also try your own MP3 or whatever you have - potentially your audio tracks are better than the rubbish found on YouTube.
Example:
Result:
Can be downloaded as GP file, to be used in Guitar Pro etc.
(It will often be unsynched in GP though)
https://www.songsterr-downloader.com/
You can either synch in GP or use an automatic tool like Go Playalong, which works often but not for every track.
Tabs without notation are of no use to me. They could offer me the Pro version for free, and I’d still turn it down. My 2 cents (worth less every year 
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Not, if it’s Euro cents 
If you load the GP file in Guitar Pro, it looks like this:
Same in Tonelib Jam:
And in Go Playalong:
MuseScore:
Finally, Tux Guitar:
Is that ok?
Yes. I been using both GPs (Guitar Pro and Gig Performer) for many years, but I’ve been using notation since 1959.
I have added various screenshots above, showing notation derived from GP. At least one of those Apps should work also on your Snapdragon device.
Maybe Tux Guitar? Though it’s the most sh#tty one!
OK, OK, I sub’d Songsterr+. Along the way, I found out that I had a fully paid Android app version from MANY years ago. GP runs on my Intel laptop just fine. If it runs on my Surface Pro, great. If not, I’ll survive. Bitwig and Focusrite have native drivers for it, so I’ve got that covered. I picked up a 4i4 for it. I didn’t want to pay for a second RME Fireface UCX II.
Tux Guitar and MuseScore are free. The other apps have trial versions, so you can find out what works best (especially on your Snapdragon hardware)!
If you encounter challenges: I’m happy to help!
I use the AI stuff as following:
I don’t play from the Songsterr Player, so:
D/L’d the tab. It loaded and played just fine in GP, but I have to back off the guitar and drums by -6 dB to hear the bass properly. One cool thing about GP is that it prompted me to save the file since it had changed. When I reloaded it, it recalled the updated volume settings. So, I’ll only need to adjust those the first time I load a file. Nice!
GP 8 now supports attaching an audio file to a tab. It will be interesting to try the various versions of a song to see which one best matches the tab. It’s easy enough to adjust the BPM of the tab to match an audio recording.
Hahaha! Yeah, have fun synching the tabs!
Most tracks (especially older ones) have subtle tempo changes, so tabs will not be in sync.
Synching this manually with GP is a living hell!
That’s why I use Go Playalong, if I want audio and tabs synched. It works automatically, and if not: it was created to make manual synching easy.
BUT: the changes will not be written to the GP, unfortunately. It has it’s own format - hence the PSARC conversion.
I know. Wishful thinking on my part. I still think it will be helpful finding the audio version that best matches the tab, since that’s what I’d be playing along with as a cover.
Time to walk my 3 boys. Bis morgen.
I thought it would be the easiest thing in the world but it’s not like native Apple app syncing the entire song can be a pain
@Whying_Dutchman you are just the expert whom I need advice, I just bought a, turned out to be a player not a DAC amp and it only play songs from sd card. I just need a decent quality audio not overly compressed, CD quality is fine for me.
I have subscription on Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube music. What’s the best way to creat my playlist. Thanks.
It depends on the player in that case.
I had a HiBy DAP - it was great in terms of audio quality and could be reused as a DAC by the way. Usability s#cked though - it was a Hiby R3 Pro Saber, so the lower end one. The newer and higher end (Android based) are better.
What player do you have?
If it’s about audio quality: MP3 s#cks, even at 320KBit/s CBR.
I hate to say it, but M4A/AAC (as used by Apple) is much better. I have converted over 5000 Albums I own from FLAC to M4A (after having tested MP3 and OGG). It’s cool for on the road, even with my higher end Focal Bathys headphones.
I heared that M4A sounds better on Apple devices than non-Apple devices. So it might be better to use your iPhone instead of your DAP!?
If your device does not support Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube music directly, it will very likely NOT work in SD card mode, as you need to download DRM-free songs to use it.
Thanks I have the Fiio M11 pro, JM21 and this Echo Mini, I also have the retro nano but that’s is not a player. I have a lot of songs “purchased” on iTunes but not most of the current one I listen to because of the subscription and I always have internet.
I don’t really need many songs maybe a couple of dozens of good testing song is good enough I loaded a few from Moises audio mix file. Do you know what format do they use on the premium “HiFi” tier?
One massive improvement over the crappy notation generated by Rocksmith/Tonelib is that this isn’t changing the effing tempo every measure, like no one ever does. Or generate nonsense like all the weird rests it put in.
Those all look like “legal” sheet music but I am not sure that rhythm is accurate (but it isn’t far off from a quick listen). And unless it happens to be in Am/Cmaj it didn’t insert the correct key signature (other sources say it is in D Major, which that key signature is not - your music says Cmaj/Am.) This means the notes it is saying to play are incorrect in a few places.
Definitely an improvement over the previous stuff, still needs some work but it’s way better.
This is the key signature you are looking for:
That’s cause The Cult plays this track very precise (click track?).
I checked with Guitar Pro, and I just had to move the starting point of the song a little and then squeeze some at the end to get the right tempo. It worked.
By the way, this is how to do that:
Google’s AI gives a great explanation ( make sure to set “Create Score Tempo Automations from Sync Points”)::
To synchronize audio with your tablature in Guitar Pro, you’ll need to use the audio track feature and adjust sync points to align the audio with the score. You can import an audio file and then add sync points (usually by double-clicking above the waveform) to fix the timing of the audio relative to the tablature. Fine-tune the synchronization by moving these sync points.
Here’s a more detailed breakdown:
By following these steps, you can effectively synchronize audio files with your Guitar Pro tablatures for transcription, learning, or practice.
But … there is a “But” and I cannot lie: for a song like “Nescio” from the wonderful Dutch Band “The Nits” this does not work!
YouTube audio:
AI generated tabs:
If you load this into GP you’ll have to adjust the tempo. Often! And here the limitations of GP show quickly - even with tempo automations it’s very hard to get the tabs in synch with the track. I know, cause I tried.
And here is where Go Play Along shines. It creates the tempo automations in a way that this song can be played 100% in sync with the tabs. Again: I know, cause I tried!
