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Guitar Pro 5.x



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NameGuitar Pro
Version5.x
License  
URLhttp://www.guitar-pro.com
Votes 7
RatingBronze
Wine Version1.3.25
Last played song
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Description
Guitar Pro is a multitrack tablature editor for guitar, banjo and bass.
Old test results
The test results you have selected are very old and may not represent the current state of Wine.
Selected Test Results (selected in 'Test Results' table below)

What works
The program starts, opens files, plays music properly, exports to pdf, saves files etc.


What does not

  • RSE breaks TiMidity and TiMidity breaks RSE - only one of them can run at a time.
  • The font is sometimes incorrectly displayed, for example the drum tabulature for crash cymbal should be 57 and it displays 7.
  • Clicking on any track propeties and then on the base window makes the base window get on top and nothing is clickable on it - you have to press Alt+F4 to close the window in the back and reopen it or resize the base window so the track propeties can be clicked.


What was not tested
Wave export


Additional Comments

If you use it just for reading tabs it works perfect, but writing your own tabs can be a little irritating due to the bugs listed above.

I had some problems with RSE - sometimes i have to switch audio output from DirectSound to Windows Multimedia (and reverse) in the options because the sound gets really choppy (and/or freezes on a certain note).
Test Results
DistributionTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?RatingSubmitter
ShowUbuntu 11.04 "Natty" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jul 31 20111.3.25 Yes Yes Bronze Konstanty Ścianecki 
ShowFedora 14Sep 06 20111.3.24 Yes Yes Garbage Jurijs Kolomijecs 
CurrentUbuntu 10.04 "Lucid" (+ variants like Kubuntu)May 07 20111.3.19 Yes Yes Silver Konstanty Ścianecki 
ShowUbuntu 10.10 "Maverick" x86_64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Oct 28 20101.2.1 Yes Yes Platinum an anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 10.04 "Lucid" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Aug 02 20101.2 Yes Yes Platinum TommyTheBiker 

Known bugs
Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
19938 GuitarPro: Prints empty tabs UNCONFIRMED View

 
HOWTO

2013-05-03 Admin note: The instructions below are very old and may not be applicable to current Wine. In particular, wineprefixcreate has been deprecated for several years. The instructions are being left here for the benefit of anyone who may wish to test and/or update them. 

NOTE : THIS HOWTO WORKS WITH EVERY WINE+MIDI APPS !!

First : I suggest you to create a wineprefix : 

wineprefixcreate --prefix "$HOME/.wine_gp/"

Then configure : 

env WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine_gp" winecfg

I use this as winecfg :

-Win2000
-No shader, no virtual desktop, only "allow WM to control my window"
-OSS Sound (16Bit standard with "emulate pilote)

You'll have to launch a MIDI sequencer (I use Timidity but you should be able to use qsynth/fluidsynth):

Here's the script I use :

#!/bin/bash

timidity -iA -B2,4 -Os -EFreverb=0&

cd $HOME/.wine_gp/drive_c/Program\ Files/Guitar\ Pro\ 5/ $1

env WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine_gp" wine GP5.exe

sleep 1

killall timidity

Now, launch Guitar-Pro and open Options>MIDI. You should see "Timidity Port 0". Use it.

You'll notice that the sound is not perfect, sometimes it get slowed, especially when there are lots of instruments playing...

 

Anyway, you can use the Java-based TUXGUITAR, which is 100% free and open-source. It works perfectly on Linux, and partially supports Guitar Pro's file format. Or, if you're looking for something more sophisticated, Rosegarden is an excellent KDE-based music sequencer and notation editor. Although sometimes a bit hard to get working, it's quite featureful.

EDIT :

I suggest you configured "My documents" "Desktop" to your tab folders...


 




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