In the life of a musician, sooner or later a moment comes when he wants to write his own composition. There are many sequencers - programs for creating electronic music. In this article, we will take a look at the popular Guitar Pro 6 program.
Guitar Pro 6 has a lot of possibilities.
1. Quality sound engine (RSE).
2. A large number of instruments and presets.
3. Virtual fretboard, piano keyboard and drum panel.
4. Import from MIDI, ASCII, MusicXML, PowerTab, TabEdit.
5. Built-in metronome, guitar tuner, track transposition tool.
6. Support for older versions.
7. Signs of repetition of measures, fermata, timer, bookmarks.
8. Possibility of recording four voices.
9. Export file to WAV, PDF, ASCII and more.
So, first, download the program, install it by clicking on the exe file. There shouldn't be any problems with the installation. Launch GuitarPro 6.
Acquaintance with the program, interface
If you have ever used the fifth version of this program, then the sixth interface may seem confusing, but you should not be intimidated by the variety of buttons.
In the "file" window you can open files, create new ones, or export a finished one.
In the First window, you can select a key, alteration signs, size, volume (forte, piano), dynamics (crescendo, diminuendo), link notes, insert a chord, mute a note, put a flag, insert a line break, timer, bookmark, adjust tempo, volume, balance:
In the second window, you can select the tuning of the instrument, the instrument itself, set the barre, and select the playing style.
In the third window, you can choose a ready-made preset or make it yourself.
Tip: To save space for effects, adjust the speaker and reverb in window 4.
In the fourth window, you can adjust the speaker and equalizer, as well as select the reverb.
The fifth window displays all the chords used in the song.
And in the sixth window, you can record the lyrics to the vocal patria.
You can use a guitar tuner in it.
Press Ctrl + n to create a new composition. As you can see, by default there is a guitar here, but if you want, you can add another instrument, for this we click "Add track".
Select the group, type and tool itself. Press Ctrl + F6 to bring up the toolbar.
In the lower window, you can change the volume, panorama, equalizer of the instrument. To add a note, click on it in the toolbar or on the staff. To switch to another instrument, click on it.
In this program, you can change the sound of the instrument at any measure.
It is also possible to add a beep.
To publish the finished file, you need to name it.
To export a WAV file, click File> Export> WAV.