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ACW Text Output? #572157 12/23/19 08:47 AM RealBand
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OP FlaMusician Enthusiast F Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 92	Today I Updated to BIAB 2020 with RealBand Build 708. I loaded RealBand with an audio track of guitar work and used the ACW chord detection app to display the chords. The ACW program did a great job of creating a chart. Now I want to move the chordal data to a text file, but I am stumped. Please help me get a text file from the program's chord chart. Thank You.

Re: ACW Text Output? FlaMusician #572187 12/23/19 12:41 PM RealBand
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silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	You use the lead sheet view. Adjust to your liking and print John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

Re: ACW Text Output? FlaMusician #572194 12/23/19 01:31 PM RealBand
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rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,612 Mi., USA	That print solution doesn't sound like you would end up with an actual a TXT file. Maybe using MusicXML you figure a way to get it to txt. (?) Otherwise I'd just type it out. I haven't heard many requests for a TXT file end result. If you just want a printout you could screen shot the resulting chords and print that. What is the intended purpose of the txt file? Or is a printout all you were after to begin with? I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome Make your sound your own!

Re: ACW Text Output? FlaMusician #572211 12/23/19 04:37 PM RealBand
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silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	print the lead sheet to pdf John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

Re: ACW Text Output? FlaMusician #572220 12/23/19 05:27 PM RealBand
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Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	Save As > ABC > Copy to clipboard or save to .abc and open with notepad. Quote: X:1 L:1/8 K:D Q:1/4=140 R:POP PIANO LITE SOLO PIANO M:4/4 \| \| \| "Bm" \|\| \| "A" \| "G" "A" \| "Bm" \| "G/B"\| \| "A" \| "F#m" \| "Bm" \|\| \| "A" \| \| "Bm" \|\| \| "A" \| "F#" \| "Bm" \| "G" "A"\| \| "Bm" \| \| "G" \| "G" "A"\| \| "Bm" \| "A" \| "D" \|\| \| "G" \| \| "D" \|\| \| "G" "D" \| "A" \| "D" \|\| \| "G" \| \| "D" \|\| \| "G" "D" \| "A" \| "Bm" \|\| \| "A" \| "G" "A" \| "Bm" \| "G/B" "Bm"\| \| "A" \| "F#m" \| "Bm" \|\| \| "A" \| \| "Bm" \|\| \| "A" \| \| "Bm" \| "G" "A"\| \| "Bm" \| \| "G" \| "G" "A"\| \| "Bm" \| "A" \| "D" \|\| \| "G" \| "A" \| "D" \|\| \| "G" "D" \| "A" \| "D" \|\| \| "G" \| "A" \| "Bm" \|\| \| "G" "Bm" \| "A" \| "Bm"\| Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) RB-ABC.png (47.4 KB, 82 downloads)

Re: ACW Text Output? FlaMusician #572317 12/24/19 08:40 AM RealBand
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OP FlaMusician Enthusiast F Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 92	It looks like "Pipeline" has it nailed. If you are so inclined, you can Use KHPRO software to combine a wav file and a txt file to create an mp3+G file that will play music and an Active lead sheet on any small music stand-mounted windows 10 capable PC. The chords on the lead sheet will will change color to indicate your place in the musical piece. Thanks for your help.

Re: ACW Text Output? FlaMusician #572319 12/24/19 08:46 AM RealBand
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silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	Pipeline is this in RB or is it one of your tools? Not at my computer. Last edited by silvertones; 12/24/19 08:46 AM. John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

Re: ACW Text Output? silvertones #572349 12/24/19 11:17 AM RealBand
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Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	Yes it's in PT also but it's not obvious like in Biab, it does need an open/import ABC like Biab. The file dialog in the pic is in black as Win10 is set to Dark Mode for apps, the dialogs and menus in PT/RB/Biab should comply to it but they have not fixed that yet. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) RB-No-ABC-Import.png (41.72 KB, 62 downloads) BB-Save-ABC.png (66.15 KB, 62 downloads) BB-Open-ABC.png (82.09 KB, 62 downloads)

Re: ACW Text Output? FlaMusician #572351 12/24/19 11:28 AM RealBand
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rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,612 Mi., USA	Thanks, that's pretty cool. /still learnin' after all these years I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome Make your sound your own!

Re: ACW Text Output? FlaMusician #572360 12/24/19 12:26 PM RealBand
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silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	Awesome. never saw that.Still can't. I don't have all that listed under save as special or open special Last edited by silvertones; 12/24/19 12:28 PM. John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

Re: ACW Text Output? FlaMusician #572362 12/24/19 12:31 PM RealBand
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silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	Got it. John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

Re: ACW Text Output? FlaMusician #572423 12/25/19 04:37 AM RealBand
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rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,612 Mi., USA	Try changing file type in the Save As special dialogue I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome Make your sound your own!

Re: ACW Text Output?

rharv #573811 01/02/20 06:50 PM

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Try this one
drag n drop your SGU onto charttranslate.exe
it will create my song.mjb in the same folder and same name as the SGU
it is a MyJazBand file that is just text with the A B sections,
there is also a Mac version I just need to find it.

Code:

Name: Hard Rock with 80s Synth RealTracks Demo
Meter: 4/4
Style: Swing
Key: C
Tempo: 120
Chorus: bars 1 to 96 (repeat 1 times)
Sections: 1A 9B 17A 25B 33A 41B 49A 57B 65A 73B 81A 89B 97A
| G/C C | G/C C | G/C C | F G |
| G/C C | G/C C | G/C C | F G |
| Am | Am | G | G |
| Am | Am | G | Em F |
| G/C C | G/C C | G/C C | F G |
| G/C C | G/C C | G/C C | F G |
| Am | Asus | G | F Em |
| Am | Asus | G | Em F |
| G/C C | G/C C | G/C C | F G |
| G/C C | G/C C | G/C C | F G |
| Am | Am | G | G |
| Am | Am | G | Em F |
| G/C C | G/C C | G/C C | F G |
| G/C C | G/C C | G/C C | F G |
| Am | Asus | G | F Em |
| Am | Asus | G | Em F |
| G/C C | G/C C | G/C C | F G |
| G/C C | G/C C | G/C C | F G |
| Am | Am | G | G |
| Am | Am | G | Em F |
| G/C C | G/C C | G/C C | F G |
| G/C C | G/C C | G/C C | F G |
| Am | Asus | G | F Em |
| Am | Asus | G | Em F |
| C |

BiabTools will convert chords to Text you just need to rename sgu > mgu to be able to open it http://www.alfwarnock.info/alfs/abc.php

Code:

Hard Rock with 80s Synth RealTracks Demo (C) 
| Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | F / G / | 
| Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | F / G / | 
| A- / / / | / / / / | G / / / | / / / / | 
| A- / / / | / / / / | G / / / | E- / F / | 
| Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | F / G / | 
| Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | F / G / | 
| A- / / / | Asus / / / | G / / / | F / E- / | 
| A- / / / | Asus / / / | G / / / | E- / F / | 
| Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | F / G / | 
| Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | F / G / | 
| A- / / / | / / / / | G / / / | / / / / | 
| A- / / / | / / / / | G / / / | E- / F / | 
| Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | F / G / | 
| Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | F / G / | 
| A- / / / | Asus / / / | G / / / | F / E- / | 
| A- / / / | Asus / / / | G / / / | E- / F / | 
| Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | F / G / | 
| Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | F / G / | 
| A- / / / | / / / / | G / / / | / / / / | 
| A- / / / | / / / / | G / / / | E- / F / | 
| Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | F / G / | 
| Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | Gm/C / C / | F / G / | 
| A- / / / | Asus / / / | G / / / | F / E- / | 
| A- / / / | Asus / / / | G / / / | E- / F / |

remove the .mp4 in Explorer View > File extensions

Re: ACW Text Output? Pipeline #574011 01/03/20 08:46 PM RealBand
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Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	The links have been fixed for Win Mac Lin https://sixthhappiness.github.io/articles/chart-translate/index.html

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