What's new?

Guitar Pro 8.1.4

Audio

• Improves playback continuity when plugging/unplugging devices on macOS
• LSB / MSB are now applied on the correct Sound in MIDI

Tools

• Fixes the folding of sound detail widgets
• Fixes on automation positions in the Sound Automation Dialog
• Fixes the name recognition on several chords

Import / Export

Guitar Pro 5

• Fingerings are now correctly exported
• Transitions (bend/slide/hammer) are now correctly exported on grace notes

MusicXML

• Improves the export of harmonies
• Fixes a freeze on importing a file with more than 5 different voices on the same XML staff
• “slash” attributes are now correctly handled

PDF

• Fixes the %h placeholder of the PDF export

Crashes

• Fixes miscellaneous crashes

Guitar Pro 8.1.3

Edition

• After transposing, the display options of a chord are now correctly preserved
• Fixes an input error when typing fast in the tablature view
• Fixes an unwanted merge of tempo automations with the same value but different units
• Fixes the loading of a sound automation in a specific case on opening a file
• Scale diagrams are no longer deleted after changing the layout

Playback

• Fermatas are now correctly played when the Audio Track is bypassed

Interface

• Fixes the name of the “Saxophone Alto” template track
• Fixes the tooltip value of the Pan Knobs
• Fixes the display of the active sound
• The Audio Fine Tuning dialog values are now correctly updated when switching documents
• Fixes German and Chinese translations

Import / Export

• Copying from Guitar Pro correctly creates again a MIDI file in the clipboard
• Fixes missing notes in the MIDI file when Copying
• Fixes the import of MIDI files containing negative ticks
• Fixes the import of MIDI files with no “endOfTrack” event
• Improves the import of large TEF files
• Fixes an issue when saving on a disk root (Windows)

Audio Track

• Improves the accuracy of the zoom
• Fixes the cursor position when the editing score cursor is on an empty beat
• Fixes the Undo/Redo of the Filter, Semitones and Cents buttons
• When changing documents, the scroll position of the audio track is correctly restored

Miscellaneous

• Ensures the auto-save is done in a local directory

Crashes

• Fixes a crash on pasting on an empty file
• Fixes a crash on importing a file containing invalid tremolos
• Fixes a crash on loading an audio file
• Fixes a crash on starting a second instance of Guitar Pro
• Fixes a crash on using the “Play while editing”
• Fixes a crash on tying notes
• Fixes a crash on using the batch converter
• Fixes a crash on opening a file containing fingerings
• Fixes a crash on loading an XML file
• Fixes a crash when scrolling the playback cursor
• Fixes a crash on using the countdown
• Fixes a crash on opening the Chord dialog
• Fixes a crash on opening a mySongBook file after a connection
• Fixes a crash on pasting from a closed document
• Fixes a crash on editing from the Virtual Fretboard
• Fixes a crash on using the graphic export
• Fixes a crash on purchasing a mySongBook file
• Fixes a crash on the multirest option is activated on an empty file
• Fixes multiple random crashes on documents containing chord diagrams

Guitar Pro 8.1.2

Playback

• Selections of less than a bar are no longer repeated
• Selections beginning with a Slide In are now correctly interpreted
• Ornaments are now interpreted regardless of their starting fret
• The relative tonality is correctly applied to ornaments
• Fixes the score cursor behavior when changing tracks
• Fixes the score cursor movement with shortcuts during playback
• Fixes some random sound automation changes
• The count-in is now correctly updated according to the current time signature
• Fixes a count-in triggered when activated during the playback

Edition

• The Audio Note Settings dialog is no longer modal
• Improves the “Select All” performances in Multivoice
• Pasting multiple bars to a selection now correctly moves the score cursor to the next beat
• The placeholder is no longer taken into account when using the “Bar Arranger” tool
• The auto scroll triggered by a click no longer creates an unwanted selection
• Texts and Chronos are applied only if selected in the “Special Paste”
• Moving strings maintains the previous accidentals (if any)
• Notes created when tying to the previous bar are now correctly undoed
• Undoing “Repeat two Bars” now restores the previous content of the second bar
• Modifying a note from the Virtual Fretboard preserves its attributes
• Undoing the modification of a note from the Virtual Fretboard now works correctly in one step
• Fixes the score cursor position after undoing a paste on the last beat
• Fixes ties after pasting on multiple bars
• Fixes the audio preview of Mordents and Turns
• Fixes setting Stems Direction on a selection containing grace notes
• Fixes the behavior of the score cursor when clicking on a bent note

Engraving

• Adjusts the slash notehead anchors with the “AMJazz” font
• The tempo unit is now correctly taken into account for “rall” and “accel” indications
• For minor keys, “1=” is replaced by “6=” in Numbered Notation
• Fixes collisions between the “Repeat two Bars” mark and some bar header elements
• Fixes the placement of a Bend Release in Standard Notation
• Fixes some attributes (HO/PO, ties) of notes bordering a selection after a transposition
• Fixes the alignment of diagrams between themselves
• Ties between distant slash notes are now correctly displayed

Interface

• Notifications on the Welcome page can now be permanently disabled in the Preferences
• VU meters in the Drumkit settings popup are now linked to the active sound
• Undo is now correctly available on the first action in the Pedalboard and on volume change
• Updating the track name now correctly updates the corresponding entry in the “Track” menu
• The palette is now correctly updated after tying a beat
• The track name in the inspector is no longer selected when double-clicking on the Global View track during playback
• The “Add Track” button in the Global View is now correctly disabled during playback
• Fixes some cases where the license had to be entered twice
• Fixes the movement of the cursor in the Global View bar header when changing tracks
• Fixes the Preferences dialog size in case of an unusually long stylesheet name
• Fixes empty score info fields when opening a custom template
• Fixes some errors in the Time Signature dialog regarding beamings for 16th and 32nd notes
• Selections starting with a grace note are now displayed correctly
• The tempo in the LCD is now correctly updated when changing the relative tempo
• Fixes some translations

Import / Export

MusicXML

• Correctly imports the fingering including for a keyboard track
• Dynamics are no longer exported in the middle of a chord

MIDI

• Fixes the playback after pasting a MIDI file in Guitar Pro
• Fixes the import and paste of MIDI files containing consecutive notes with the same pitch
• Imports empty MIDI files
• Imports the correct amount of bars when the last one is not complete

Audio

• Audio export now automatically adds a file extension

Graphique

• Fixes how the current time is fetched and formatted for the graphic exports

Audio Track

• The cursor movement is now correctly clamped to the bar’s duration
• Fixes the visual feedback on hovering the audio track bar and beat lines
• Feels are now correctly mapped onto the audio track
• The voice index is now correctly preserved when moving the cursor from the audio track
• Fixes the zooming behavior
• While repitching, the audio track now stays synchronized
• Fixes the behavior of the “Add bars” (+) button when the audio track does not have the focus

mySongBook

• Reopening the Free Tab of the Day no longer requires to log into mySongBook again
• Improves the design of the Expired Trial dialog to highlight the possibility to continue with mySongBook

Miscellaneous

• Overall improvement of the handling of audio devices
• Fixes the registry key edition for the soundbanks installer (Windows)

Crashes

• Fixes a crash on opening a file containing wrong tags
• Fixes a crash on refreshing the audio devices in the Preferences dialog
• Fixes a crash on adding a note on an empty selection using the MIDI Capture or the Keyboard View
• Fixes a crash on adding notes preceded by a Sustain Pedal
• Fixes a crash on switching from Grand staff to Single staff with an active selection on the lower staff

Guitar Pro 8.1.1

• Checking updates now correctly always displays the available update (if any)

Playback

• The Relative Speed can now be changed during the playback using the “=” and “_” shortcuts
• Correctly update the sound when tying a note
• Fine tuning the duration no longer impacts slides

Editing

• Fix the cursor behavior when moving before or after a selection using the arrow keys
• Fix the cursor behavior when moving after a paste
• Deleting a bar now also deletes the scale diagrams of that bar
• Fix the fingering computation when changing the tuning
• Fix the placement of the africa kit articulations on the staff in existing files

Engraving

• Left hand tapping symbols are correctly displayed again

Import / Export

• The Audio Track is now exported when exporting the audio to separate tracks
• When changed, the path to the destination folder is correctly displayed in the Renderer Export dialog
• When changed, the track name (“%t” placeholder) is correctly updated in the Renderer Export dialog
• Handle special characters in the file name when exporting to PDF
• Fix the SVG Export of scale diagram mark colors
• Fix the notes Audio Fine Tuning when importing from MIDI
• Fix the “dot” tag placement when exporting to XML

mySongBook

• The “Tab of the Day” now correctly opens after logging in instead of opening the purchase dialog
• The “Show Audio Track” menu entry is no longer enable on mySongBook files with no audio track

Crashes

• Fix a crash when copy/pasting inside an empty bar
• Fix a crash when opening certain files
• Fix a crash when opening a file containing trills
• Fix a crash when exporting a file with lyrics to MIDI

Guitar Pro 8.1

New features

• SVG export (“File” > “Export” > “SVG…”)
• Numbered musical notation (Jianpu/simplified notation)
• “Free scores” mySongBook category
• mySongBook scores can now be sorted by last added
• MIDI export and import of audio note settings
• “Fit to width” and “Fit to page” options in the preferences
• Swedish translation

Playback

• Fix the timbre of some notes
• Fix the audio fine tuning offset on a slide
• Fix the unwanted vertical scroll on a repetition in horizontal display mode
• Update the audio when adding a slur between two bars
• When the playback stops by itself, the cursor correctly returns to its starting position
• Chronos are now independent of the relative speed and fixed tempo
• Fix the sound of trills on tied notes
• Fix the pitch of legato slides in MIDI
• Switch the metronome to MIDI when all tracks are in MIDI
• In MIDI with a soloed track, the other tracks are no longer heard on the first beat

Editing

• Fix a missing slur between two bars after undoing a string shift
• Fix the cursor behavior after using shortcuts to delete notes
• Fix the string shift from the banjo’s short drone
• Natural harmonics are no longer modified when shifting strings
• “Redo” is no longer enabled by default when opening a file

Engraving

• Fix the bend/whammy indications disappearing on playback
• Fix the misproportioned thickness of ledger lines outside of the staff
• Fix the glyph for jazzy accidentals
• Fix the jazzy repetition bars indication
• Fix a collision between piano fingerings
• Fix the fret and string number after a rest on slash notation
• Fix the crescendo indication in multivoice
• Fix the muted notes symbol when importing from XML
• Fix the double dots on quarters and shorter rhythm values
• Fix the grace notes position when using the “Bar Arranger” tool
• Fix the duplicate HoPo after changing the number of strings
• Fix the display of slashes at the end of systems

Interface

• Fix the value displayed on the progressive speed during a countdown between bars
• Fix the “Go To Previous/Next Bar” cursor command behavior
• Reinstate the “Move/Copy/Swap Voices” tool shortcut (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + M)
• The Virtual Drum Kit is no longer empty for the bongo and the reverse cymbal
• Keep the selection when changing tracks
• Fix the drag beyond the screen of the rotary knobs
• Updating the time signature correctly updates the audio track slice of the Global View
• Update the note name after a transposition
• Save the solo/mute states between sessions in the drum mix popup

Tools

• Fix initialising the scale diagrams dialog from a selection
• Editing the audio track padding from the first sync point correctly updates the audio
• An empty diagram is no longer displayed when using the “chord” command of the command palette
• Improve the audio preview for drumkits in the Track Wizard
• The güiro now has two articulations and is no longer on the same string as the surdo on the Africa Kit
• Fretlight guitar frets are correctly displayed on repeated bars
• Audio Fine Tuning is available for grace notes

Opening / Importing / Exporting files

• Fix the XML export for directions when the first bar is empty
• Fix the XML import for fingerings on tablature staves
• Fix the XML import for voices when there are several
• Fix the XML import for free texts
• Fix the MIDI import for slurs
• Remove of excess rests on MIDI import
• Fix the import of audio files containing special characters on Windows
• Fix the export of the audio track when exporting audio as separate files
• All backup files of the previous session are now correctly restored after a crash

Fixed crashes

• On importing a .ptb with a Coda
• On opening a .M4A audio file
• On opening a .opus audio file
• On updating the layout in multitrack
• On closing a file with a forced stylesheet
• On deleting chords
• On previewing an empty file
• On adding HoPo in tablature
• On MIDI import
• On disconnecting a Bluetooth headphone
• On copy-pasting sustain pedals
• On selecting empty bars with the keyboard

Guitar Pro 8.0.2

Playback

• Improvement of the support for high sampleRate on sound cards
• Application of the relative tonality on slides
• Restoration of the mono switch
• Update of the metronome when the time signature changes
• Fix of the audio track offset when changing the relative tempo

Editing

• Add of the sustain pedal undo
• Restoration of the application of the dynamics in the next bars
• Restoration of the chord transposition
• Deletion of the score tempo after deleting the point by double-clicking in the automation dialog
• Graphical update of sounds after track deletion
• Insertion of a beat does not add a sound anymore
• Fix of partial capo import and consideration
• Fix of chords transposition in a selection
• Fix of the application of the orientation of stems on a selection

Engraving

• Display of slurs on slashes in standard notation
• Display of HoPo in tablature according to the style sheet
• Hide courtesy on tied notes
• Fix of a regression on the clefs display at the beginning of the system
• Fix of design mode on last system and coda

Interface

• Addition of an alert message when locking a file
• Section text field is now case sensitive
• Improvement of effect parameters formatting
• Addition of an audio track does not force the saving
• Addition of the missing %MUSIC% tag in the classic style sheet
• Translation of fingerings in the right-click menu of the chord diagram editor
• Reset of sound displacement
• Addition of a character in the tempo automations label that does not send the cursor to the end anymore
• Fix of copy and paste of sustain pedals
• Fix of effects pasting in the effect chain
• Fix of the limiter pedal
• Fix of the audio track slice in the global view when changing the time signature

Open / Import / Export files

• Restore “force” options when loading files from the previous sessions
• Following of symbolic links in local files
• Fix of audio export without selection
• Take into account the volume of the metronome when exporting audio with metronome
• Reset of quantization to 1/64 when importing MIDI
• Fix of MIDI export with staccatos
• Fix of time signatures in MIDI export with an anacrusis
• Addition of the tempo decimal in MIDI import / export
• Fix of the rests position in the last bar in MIDI export
• Import and export of chords without notes in MusicXML

Miscellaneous

• Fix of a problem of software closing when a Fretlight guitar is connected

Fixed crashes

• on undoing
• on using Blackhole or SoundFlower drivers
• on software closing
• on effect modifying
• on refreshing audio devices

Guitar Pro 8.0.1

Enhancements

• Adds a menu entry “View > Show Pedalboard”.
• Adds the undo/redo on pedalboard effects
• Displays the empty chord diagrams
• Editing the chord diagram library marks the document as modified
• Fingering controls are no longer case sensitive in the control palette
• Takes into account effects before time (brush, slide in) at playback and loop launch
• Prevents system collision when there are many chords on the first page

Bug fixes

Audio track

• Fixes the MP3 file mismatch between Windows and macOS
• Fixes a bad MP3 loading due to MPEG parser
• Fixes a channel inversion in audio track in some cases
• Fixes the audio export of a selection with audio track
• Fixes the management of sync points in the presence of anacrusis

Chord transposition

• Fixes the naming of transposed chords
• Fixes the key signature on transposition key change
• Fixes the update of the chords at the top of the score when cancelling and after a transposition of all tracks
• Fixes the transposition of all staves if “current track” and “all bars” are selected in the transposition dialog
• Fixes the transposition of the chords of all tracks when this option is selected
• Restores the transposition of chords created from the command palette

Playback

• Fixes the slides out in presence of auto-brush
• Fixes the auto let ring duration
• Fixes the sustain pedal management in RSE and MIDI
• Fixes the MIDI let ring on two successive notes on the same string
• Fixes a random disappearance of sections during playback
• Fixes a partial disappearance of bends during playback
• Fixes the use of the ASIO Realtek Audio driver
• Fixes the sustain to stop at the last beat with pedal

Miscellaneous

• Fixes the unset command in the command palette for free text, double bar, free time, timer
• Fixes the cursor position when switching to single staff
• Fixes the layout of some dialogues where the text was truncated
• Restores the “Capo and transposed chords modify standard notation” option when opening a file
• Restores the display of triplet feel in a particular configuration
• Restores the application of the “modified” status for all actions modifying the document
• Restores the chord window and chords at the top of the score after cancelling a chord transposition
• Restores the display of long menus on several columns, preventing them to go beyond the screen
• Fixes various crashes, including when previewing sounds during playback, adding a legato slide, multi-voice selection, changing the orientation of stems, deleting a section, when opening a MIDI file, when adding an audio file containing a ‘#’, with the barred and arpeggio commands, when closing the software
• Fixes an issue with the installer PKG on macOS which unnecessarily required the installation of Rosetta