Doug:
When you insert a note from the notation the note is rarely on the right fret.
To move a note upwards or downwards across the neck of the instrument (in order to adjust the fingering), select it and press [Ctrl]+[NumPad +] (to move toward the bass) or [Ctrl]+[NumPad -] (to move toward the treble). This can also be done with the mouse via the "Tools" palette. The fret position is automatically increased or decreased to correspond to the pitch value of the original note.
BTW, did you try the fingerboard window? It makes easy to see all the possible position for one given note. Just make an extended selection including the note and wonder...
Rainer:
I just installed the registered version and the possibilities of this program
are awesome!
I have, however, some suggestions for changes and additional features:
1. Could the permanent sliding into the pedals be taken out again? The
playback via MIDI often gets the hickups and plays wrong notes, even though
the musical notation displays the right ones. (I followed all the setup
instructions, so I THINK I have the correct configuration in the OPTIONS
filecard.) For the effect "pushing into" the pedals, couldn´t the "grace note
option" be used?
You must check the "Solo Predefined Instrument" advanced option in order to get a correct playback even with simultaneous slides.
2. The program should "know" which pedal changes are valid for which string,
and refuse a wrong entry (with a warning "ping") - so that "A" can only be
put on strings 5 or 10, and NOT on any other. It would help eliminate
misprints.
Sorry, but I won't do this. A TablEdit user is supposed to know what he is doing. Even for guitar tablature, TablEdit doesn't make any control on what the user is entering. But it should allow him to do everything what he wants. This is my basic philosophy. Up to now I did not find any waluable reason to change
3. There is no way (that I found) to put in additional pedals/levers in the
NOTE/PITCH CHANGE box. There are 10 changes now - there should be more.
I could give to you 15 strings. But why not to redefine an unused string like 'J' if you need it for a special tune?
4. In the same box: Only TWO symbols (letters/numbers) can be used to name a
change. I would like to name a change "B+G" for the split on string 6. Or
"(4)", "(5)", "(6)", "(7)", "(8)" for the C6 pedals.
No problem for a three char string. It will be in the next update (v260 a4)
5. The knee "F" seems to be fixed on "-1". I want it to be "+1", and I have
to change it manually every time I type the F. Am I doing something wrong?
No it's my mistake
It will be fixed. Same problem for "G".
6. The number of strings for the PSG should be extended to 13 and 14 for the
"bigger" universals.
Unfortunately, this is impossible in a near future. But v3.00 will allow up to 16 strings.
7. Right now, a pedal change can only EITHER raise OR lower. For pedals/knees
that do both (e.g. some C6 pedals) I would have to use 2 different
letters/numbers - e.g. if I want to RAISE the first string by +1 and LOWER
the sixth by -2.
Same reply as for 3. The "H", "I" and "J" text strings can be redefined.
8. Would it be possible to have several user-defined pedal setups (like our
copedent charts), so that the pedal changes were fixed to the corresponding
string, and the program would "know" if it is a RAISE or a LOWER?
Definitively no. TablEdit doesnt need to know that. See reply #2.
When I say TE manages PSG tablatures. I mean it offers the way to print professional looking scores and to get a quite realistic midi playback. That's all and IMHO it is not null...
See for example the accordion or the dulcimer players. TablEdit allows them to create tablature for their instrument. It's the only program allowing this. They are happy with it and they never asked for a "tutoring" tool.
You must understand TablEdit is not dedicated to guitar, to PSG, to baroque lute, to fiddle or to any other instrument. My goal is to make the universal tablature editor. For this purpose, I'm ready to add the NECESSARY features to manage any instrument. But I wont go beyond.
9. How about some shortcut to the pedals and knees via the function keys F1
to F12, maybe in combination with SHIFT or CTRL or ALT or AltGr? The E9-pedal
"A" could be SHIFT-F1, the C6-pedal "(4)" could be CTRL-F1. That would give
some 24 pedals per neck. Adequate, don´t you think?
Sorry no. Most short keys are already used by generic features. BTW it would take longer to learn such shortkeys that to select the desired effect in the note pitch dialogue [Ctrl]+[H].
10. Could I have "multiple TABs"? PSG plus GUITAR plus BASS (or whatever) one
under the other, with syncronized timing and different assignable sounds and
MIDI channels? That way a complete conductor´s lead sheet could be tabbed out
and played back via MIDI.
Obviously. You can create up to seven modules
You should download some .tef files from the Free Tablature Archive. It would give you a more complete view on TablEdit possibilities.
11. The music notation is often not enharmonically correct, e.g. an Ab major
chord shows as G#-C-D#, which is hard to read. Can I change the notation
WITHOUT changing the TAB?
Yes. Why should anything be changed in the tab?
If necessary, you can force the display of a specific alteration for any given note (i.e. display an Ab instead of a G#) in the musical staff. Simply select the note to be affected and apply the desired alteration from the Notes palette, the {Notes} menu or by using the keyboard shortcuts [d] (sharp) or
(flat). The note pitch of the primary note is automatically changed in the stave to reflect the alteration and the selected accidental is displayed. The note can be restored to it's original value by applying the [=] (natural) accidental.
When I did this I had a guitar player with me who has used Tabledit
