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I always though this was a big miss from PG not to include Tablature notation for MAC users , is this feature now included with the 2011 edition ?
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Hi Seb, No the new 2011 version doesn't include tab. It does include 50 new features, and 101 new RealTracks (202 including the ones from 2010.5), Info about new features here http://www.pgmusic.com/bbmac.new.htm
Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.
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Hi Peter. This seems like a good question and impacts many Mac users. Can you give us a more complete answer? For instance, are you planning to put tab notation in the Mac version? If not, why not? If so, when?
Thanks!
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Hi,
I upgraded from my Windows version and expected tab for guitar, but saddly, it seesm not for Mac :-( Can we expect it may come some day?
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Hi Seb,
No the new 2011 version doesn't include tab. It does include 50 new features, and 101 new RealTracks (202 including the ones from 2010.5),
Info about new features here http://www.pgmusic.com/bbmac.new.htm
Hi Peter,
Could you please explain what the printed manual that came with the current BiaB 2011 for Mac means when it refers to TAB on page 117? It says that some guitar tracks do have RealCharts with TAB.
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RealGuitar charts: If a track has RealChart, and is a guitar track with accurate tab and on-screen guitar fretboard display, then it is green and underlined with a long line.
I have no trouble following the selection instructions in the manual, and getting the green word with the line underline, but I can't seem to get it to show any more than a fretboard display, which is not the same as TAB. Is the manual being overly optimistic?
The blurb for some of the track sets on sale at this site also mentions TAB.
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RealTracks Set 118: Brent Mason Country Soloing
Swing the lead with RealTracks Set 118! This set includes four Electric Guitar Country soloing styles played by award winning Nashville legend Brent Mason. Whether you are shufflin', train-pickin', waltzin', or just wanna boogie, Brent's delicious Guitar sound and how-DOES-he-do-it string picking will blow you away! And if that is not enough, Band-in-a-Box's RealCharts allow you to watch how these solos are played in notation, TAB, or on the on-screen guitar fretboard.
This seems to be at odds with your assertion above that there is no TAB. Could you explain how that works please?
Thanks.
Chris
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As a long-time BIAB user I too really miss the tablature notation feature in the Mac version. Actually there are a few features missing in the Mac version. I'm not complaining about what the Mac version does contain, I just think that it should have the same features as the windows version or cost less.
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