Show HN: A guitar tab viewer that listens
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Show HN: A guitar tab viewer that listens
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Re: Show HN: A guitar tab viewer that listens
#2Hi everyone. I'd like to introduce you to a side project I've been working on for a little while now.
FATpick (https://www.fatpick.com/) is a practice tool for guitar (and bass) that helps you learn to play new songs, improve your skills and stay motivated to keep playing. It's an auto-scrolling tablature viewer, synchronized with backing tracks, that listens as you play along with any guitar, providing immediate feedback on your accuracy and timing.
FATpick will eventually be much more than that - there are a lot of directions to take this in - but even with this more modest scope this M(+)VP release is useful, cohesive and hopefully compelling in and of itself.
A couple of things that might be interesting to HN: (1) So far this has been a bootstrapped, solo effort; but it won't necessarily stay that way. (2) The current Windows and Mac apps are built with Electron; but they won't necessarily stay that way either. I'd be happy to discuss any of that if you are interested.
A direct link to the downloads page is here: https://www.fatpick.com/support/downloads#get-fatpick
You can find a brief (and silent) video of the app in action on either of the pages linked above.
I'd love your feedback on any part of this, but I'd especially appreciate it if you can give the app a try.
Re: Show HN: A guitar tab viewer that listens
#3Looks very cool will try this out and report back
but just curious first thing that comes to mind, how are you differentiating between the several frets that could produce the same note, or for example 6th string 5th fret(A) vs open 5th string(A) ?
Re: Show HN: A guitar tab viewer that listens
#4Looks very cool will try this out and report back but just curious first thing that comes to mind, how are you differentiating between the several frets that could produce the same note, or for example 6th string 5th fret(A) vs open 5th string(A) ?
I'd test this myself but don't have a guitar with me at the moment
Re: Show HN: A guitar tab viewer that listens
#5This looks very interesting. Alas, it doesn't pass security on Mac OS Mojave.
Re: Show HN: A guitar tab viewer that listens
#6This looks very interesting. Alas, it doesn't pass security on Mac OS Mojave.
Can you share details of what you're seeing? If you want to send it to me directly you can email me as rod at fatpick.
Re: Show HN: A guitar tab viewer that listens
#7OP: I don't know if you already know it, but there is a huge homebrew tabs community around the Rocksmith "video game".
(Try looking for CustomsForge).
If you find a way to support their format, you might gain access to a huge repository of tabs. Maybe this might put your tool on Ubisoft's radar, so I suggest to thread lightly, but it would be awesome.
Re: Show HN: A guitar tab viewer that listens
#8This looks very interesting. Alas, it doesn't pass security on Mac OS Mojave.
Can you share details of what you're seeing? If you want to send it to me directly you can email me as rod at fatpick.
This is what I get:
https://imgur.com/a/aHy0c0Z
Would love to try it!
Re: Show HN: A guitar tab viewer that listens
#9Looks very cool will try this out and report back but just curious first thing that comes to mind, how are you differentiating between the several frets that could produce the same note, or for example 6th string 5th fret(A) vs open 5th string(A) ?
Right now for pitch-detection purposes I'm not differentiating between them. If you produce a sound of the right pitch and octave that's considered a "hit" regardless of which fret or string you used to create it.
Personally I see that as a feature, but I guess if you wanted to be very prescriptive about fingering for educational/training reasons I can see the value in treating them differently.
There is some subtle difference in the tone (which is why you can hear the difference, obviously) so this is _possible_ but not trivial. I've actually been experimenting with "string detection" recently so that I can warn users when they are off by one string (a common beginner mistake).
Re: Show HN: A guitar tab viewer that listens
#10Hi everyone. I'd like to introduce you to a side project I've been working on for a little while now. FATpick ( https://www.fatpick.com/ ) is a practice tool for guitar (and bass) that helps you learn to play new songs, improve your skills and stay motivated to keep playing. It's an auto-scrolling tablature viewer, synchronized with backing tracks, that listens as you play along with any guitar, providing immediate f…
Electron - does that mean it’s built with JavaScript and webaudio API?
Congrats on the launch!