Making CDLC without Guitar Pro

[RyanBurnsRed]

Hey guys, I don't know how many of you here have knowledge of making CDLC but I figured I'd post here in conjuction to what I posted at Customsforge.

Basically I have all the programs required to make the tracks, but every tutorial I come across seem to only cover making the custom tracks with pre-made Guitar Pro tabs. The song I want to make does not have any GP tabs, so when it comes to the step of importing said file into FoF I can't move on because none of the tutorials cover my situation.

What should I do? I'd like to start making some songs because some of the tracks I want to play either haven't been made yet or are bad quality (out of sync, wrong notes, etc.)

[MTZIGG]

Then you will have to make your own GP tabs.

[RyanBurnsRed]

So I need to tab the song in GP?
There's absolutely no way of doing it any other way?

[MTZIGG]

not if you cant find the tab some where else
You can use a song book that has tab and put it into GP manually.It takes time but I've done it . If there is an other way I dont know of it . I get a lot of enjoyment from making my own

[RyanBurnsRed]

Okay, but now the question is how do I make the tabs in GP?
I'm trying to make the bass tab for Ben Has A Kid by TDWP. Can you link me to any good tutorials for beginners?

PS. Thanks for the help so far.

[MTZIGG]

Best way is to just goggle making tab with your version. I followed the tutorials in GP6 its self and have went here in the begaining but there are lots of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGznO2WR9tQ

after a while it will teach you how to make you own

[RyanBurnsRed]

Thanks a lot for the help. Guess it's up to me now.

[MTZIGG]

Bottom line . If you can read tab and press buttons and understand rhythm you can learn it very fast
You welcome

[RyanBurnsRed]

I've got a question if you don't mind me asking, but does it matter if I don't exactly get the chugs right in the tabs?

I mean I'm not exactly sure if I can even correctly tab that....if you know what I mean.

[sumhavok]

If getting "the chugs" right means timing, then yes, it is important. Use a metronome, make sure you set guitar pro to the correct bpm (beats per minute)...etc...have fun!

[905]

You can author your song directly in FoF if I remember right. Also if you don't have guitar pro, you can author in Tux Guitar that exports into guitar pro format.

[905]

Originally posted by RyanBurnsRed:

I've got a question if you don't mind me asking, but does it matter if I don't exactly get the chugs right in the tabs?

I mean I'm not exactly sure if I can even correctly tab that....if you know what I mean.

Not sure what you mean by chugs, maybe palm mutes? But you have to get every sound as synched up as perfectly as possible or your CDLC will be complete cr@p. You are judged by the tab you created and document, not the actual sound. So if you play it right but your tab is not in sync it will tell you it is a miss.

[RyanBurnsRed]

Yes I'm trying to get the timings down right. I was told on CustomsForge I can create the tabs in EOF directly as well but I have no idea how.

I've gotten like almost half the song tabbed in Guitar Pro (to the best I can) but when I went to save the file it saved it in a .gpx format and EOF won't detect it.


Also the song is in Drop D. I see nowhere in EOF to change it to that.

This is a lot of work so far and i've barely gotten anywhere lol. I don't want to give up but I'm really close to

[905]

It is a lot of work, I did one song for RS 1. Hopefully you have told guitar pro that it is drop D. I'm pretty sure you can (I don't own GP) choose save as and choose an alternate format for the file. I think EOF reads guitar pro 5 files if I remember right. You should be able to choose the save format in the save file window. But there should be an entire discussion forum concerning EOF on the custom site.

[RyanBurnsRed]

Did you use Tux Guitar? I might try that.
I'm gonna keep working on this the best I can.

[905]

I think I used Tux but that was because I didn't have guitar pro. I suspect Tux could not handle drop D, but I'm not sure. Since you have GP, I'd say stick with that. Just make sure to save it in a format EOF can read.