Transcription talk: what are your methods; favorite programs?

Ebdim9th · 09-07-2019, 05:36 PM

I'm really trying to learn the ins and outs of effective transcription, training my ear and learning all the ways to best write the music I hear out.... I use all the Guitar Pros, from 3 to 7, the old Powertab 1.7, and the new 2.0 alpha 9, (there's an Alpha 10 but it's MIDI exports don't work) and TuxGuitar. That last one's phone app is light-years ahead of the phone app for GP7, so despite TuxGuitar's overall limitations, the app is free, only a banner ad across the top, legit stuff, tho, well once there was Ashley Madison, but that's the only time a shady ad showed up..... in fact, I use that Tux phone app more than anything else... and it opens GP7 files, too....so, limitations yes, advantages, lots, I find new problems in transcription and solutions and work-arounds almost every day... what are some of yours? Also looking for advice from veteran transcribers.... oh, and Microsoft's Word app is much worse with full-screen pop-op ads, as opposed to Tux...

**Giga Hertz** · 09-07-2019, 07:29 PM

I prefer to use GP7 over TuxGuitar, but as an open source program it does fine. I've fiddled with Ultimate Guitar's transcriber applet, and it is awful.

I have GP on Android, but I only use it in an emergency when I need to see or hear a melody contour in a pinch. It[s not really practical on a phone.

**dogfood** · 09-07-2019, 10:32 PM

I play by ear.

Sorry,, not much help.

Ebdim9th · 09-10-2019, 05:09 PM

@dogfood playing by ear is how good transcription gets done.. you listen, play, write down the tab numbers, and so it begins...

@Giga Hertz.the TuxGuitar phone app is missing a few features of the desktop version, but it also has some improvements, like quick save, where you don't keep getting booted back to the first measure, the little things like chorus and reverb actually sound pretty cool, i dunno... it's just about as complete as a desktop program and GP7 for Android andiPhone has a long way to go to catch up to it in that regard...

yeah UGs Tab Pro looks and sounds substandard...... way back at GP3, though it and TuxGuitar have a problem in common, both can't "see" palm-mutes in the Power Tab 1.7 files they open...

**Giga Hertz** · 09-10-2019, 06:36 PM

My main problem with UG's applet isn't that it's awful and barely functional, it's that they force you to it and it's just reading directly from a GP file anyway (and they hide the files on certain tabs to force you to use it).

Fortunately, I have ways of getting my hands directly on said files... :P

Ebdim9th · 09-11-2019, 07:47 AM

You can request the song name and artist specifically and both versions will show up in search, or request the desktop site on your phone, the hidden links all show up, then return to the easier-to-navigate app version once you've opened the link page....

**Giga Hertz** · 09-11-2019, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ebdim9th

You can request the song name and artist specifically and both versions will show up in search, or request the desktop site on your phone, the hidden links all show up, then return to the easier-to-navigate app version once you've opened the link page....

I'm talking about desktop; for some songs when you go to the GuitarPro tab (I'm not even talking about the "Official" tabs either), they specifically hide/remove the "Download GuitarPro File" link to push you to use their awful applet (which is just reading from a GPx file anyway).

Ebdim9th · 09-11-2019, 05:29 PM

That's really weird. I don't think I've recognized that that was happening on the desktop site. .. what's your solution? (going externally from 911 Tabs or a Google search?) .....eta... how do you know which ones are simply missing from the list? Do they only show up when you have the paid version of Tab Pro active?

**Giga Hertz** · 09-11-2019, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ebdim9th

That's really weird. I don't think I've recognized that that was happening on the desktop site. .. what's your solution? (going externally from 911 Tabs or a Google search?) .....eta... how do you know which ones are simply missing from the list? Do they only show up when you have the paid version of Tab Pro active?

I have it and even then they're hidden. The GPx files are still there it's just obscured. I have a script that downloads them when you give it the URL.

Ebdim9th · 09-12-2019, 11:48 AM

The script gives you a list of the ones that are missing or do you have to go by process of elimination?

Eta....I'm getting kinda off my own topic.... how do you notate half and doible time on programs like Guitar Pro?