Tracks, drums and new songs in the editor
Pro members can now add, copy, move and delete tracks, change a track's instrument, tuning and capo, write drum parts, and start a new song from scratch.
Tracks (Pro)
While editing, press Track next to Bar settings:
- Rename the track, or make it another guitar or a bass.
- Pick its number of strings and its tuning, from E standard down to drop A, or type your own (for example D2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4). The frets stay where they are, so the notes sound in the new tuning.
- Put on a capo.
- Add a track (a guitar, a bass or drums), duplicate one, move it up or down the list, or delete it.
When the tracks change, the score opens again with them, which takes a moment. Ctrl+Z still undoes it.
Drums
Drum parts can now be edited. Use the up and down arrows to go from one kit piece to the next: crash, hi-hats, ride, toms, snare, kick. The piece's name shows above the staff. Press any digit to put a hit there, and Delete to take it off. You can also click the staff where the piece is written, or pick any other piece from the toolbar's list.
Accents, ghost notes, dynamics, rolls, flams, copying and pasting, and repeat-bar signs all work on drums too.
Start a new song
On the Upload page (the Upload button in your library), Or write a new song lets you start from empty bars. Give it a title, a tempo, a time signature, the first instrument and its tuning, and how many bars it has. It opens straight away in the editor.
Fixed
A Guitar Pro 3–5 file with a nylon-string guitar, downloaded as .gp, now opens in Guitar Pro 8. It used to crash it.