Is TuxGuitar still alive?

[Arttu Vanninen]

Is the application being developed any longer? I love TuxGuitar, but it needs improvement in some places:
- printing: make default font sizes readable + add a way to adjust printing margins
- introduce tab interface to enable multiple files to be open in the same window
- startup wizard: easy way to start writing different kinds of tabs (I'm thinking of bass tabs here)

Maybe there could be a fundraiser or something to promote the further development of TuxGuitar?

[Anonymous]

It seems to still be alive, the developer akdmia has been adding code to it a lot lately if you have a look on the Summary page of the project.

I wrote him an e-mail requesting that he release an update that contains all the new code he has added because when people see that the last version was done back in 2009 the first thought that comes to one's mind is that the project's dead.

He hasn't replied yet, but I hope he will, this software is way to valuable to just abandon…

Though there is one HUGE limitation that this project has: it can only write scores for 2 voice, and not 4 or 5 for example, so you can't really use it for classical guitar scores, only modern bass and clean leads…

MuseScore is so much better than this and it can also have the normal stave with a tab stave underneath.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, scratch that, I noticed that the last code commits were about a year ago, I thought it was october this year.

So yeah, I guess it's pretty much dead……

[Arttu Vanninen]

If only MuseScore opened Guitar Pro files. Well, I guess I have to put my hopes in MuseScore 2.0…

[Stefan Bradl]

Seems like the project is really dead :(

I am currently trying to contact the developers to get some information on that,

If they confirm that they stopped development maybe I will continue the project. But that is something I cannot do alone…

[bayo]

+1
if there is a fork somewhere, i can be interested too contribute a very little (cause i would like to fix some issues)
but musescore looks really better (i dont know it) with an active dev community (but it is not java :-)

[Tom Potts]

Some activity this month!
I'm gonna have a look at the code and see if I can help

[kotowvr]

The project is definitely being developed and there are loads of new features, such as *.gpx file support, and some other useful stuff. You can just make an svn checkout of the source code and launch the corresponding file form TuxGuitar-testing folder.
Long live tuxguitar!

[Blaine Simpson]

Most musicians don't want to just install, not build, their software.

I took your advice, Vadim, and I wrote up a HOWTO document to help others.

Installation HOWTO for regular (non-developer) TuxGuitar users

[Blaine Simpson]

[Collette]

You can also rebuild everything from sources:

Once you have checked out a svn working copy, go into

build-scripts/tuxguitar-linux-x86_64/

here, start the compilation using maven (you will need to install maven and some other depedencies like jack-devel, fluidsynth-devel, etc ...) :

mvn clean package -Dnative-modules=true

You will find the compiled distrib in

build-scripts/tuxguitar-linux-x86_64/target/tuxguitar-1.3-SNAPSHOT-linux-x86_64/

Here, start tuxguitar.sh

YC

[Tom Potts]

Thanks for that!
Any idea how to get it building/working under Netbeans or Eclipse so I can climb in using the debugger and get a better idea about how the whole thing works?

[Tom Potts]

Whats the "mvn clean package -Dnative-modules=true" format to build a debug version so I can attach the debugger from Netbeans?

[AbbeAbyss]

I'm trying to compile on OS X, so I run

mvn clean package -Dnative-modules=true

in the build-scripts/tuxguitar-macosx-cocoa-64 folder. However, I'm getting errors related to swt; the output of mvn is at http://people.kth.se/~albertwi/tuxg-mvn-error

I have the latest version (4.4) of swt.jar in /Library/Java/Extensions which is where you put .jar files in OS X so it should be on the class path.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

In general, what would be the proper way of compiling from the latest SVN source tree on OS X?

[Julian Casadesus]

Try edit the main pom.xml file.
In <profiles> section add this new profile:

    <profile>
        <id>platform-mac-cocoa</id>
        <activation>
            <os>
                <family>mac</family>
            </os>
        </activation>
        <properties>
            <org.eclipse.swt.groupId>org.eclipse.swt</org.eclipse.swt.groupId>
            <org.eclipse.swt.artifactId>org.eclipse.swt.cocoa.macosx.x86_64</org.eclipse.swt.artifactId>
        </properties>
    </profile>

Please tell me if it works to update svn version of pom file.

[David]

This worked for me! Please include in SVN :-)

[Stéphane Fortrie]

[SOLVED]

I have found the solution, the package libasound2-dev was missing.
It's now working on my debian.

Thank you for the explanations !!

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I try to compile tuxguitar with this method, but i've got an error with the module :
tuxguitar-alsa-linux-x86_64

compile-native:
[exec] make: gcj: commande introuvable
[exec] org_herac_tuxguitar_player_impl_midiport_alsa_MidiSystem.c:3:28: fatal error: alsa/asoundlib.h: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
[exec] compilation terminated.

Any idea of the problem ?

Thanks

[Collette]

Here is a small patch against pom.xml (located in build-scripts/tuxguitar-linux-x86_64/).
It activates the gpx module and the midi-input module.

[Matt McVicar]

So glad to hear this is still alive!

So, my ulterior motive I'm afraid is to do some grovelling. Would someone be able to add pitch bending to the musicxml output in a patch? This would be really useful to me, as currently only the 'prebent' notes are printed, which can be out of key. This means that down the pipeline, I get really dissonant note cropping up in my project. MusicXML has pitch bending specified here:

http://www.musicxml.com/for-developers/musicxml-dtd/note-elements/

so it should be fairly easy to dump it, for someone with the right java skills (not me!).

Thanks in advance!

Matt

[Bernard de Terwangne]

I could compile from the source code. Great. I found a small bug already : the metronome does not work. You here no tick on the beat when it is on.

One small improvement I'd love to do would be to display the current tempo in the practice window in case you are practicing on progressive tempo. Can anybody tell the package containing that function ?

Another thing is that slides are not correctly translated from PTB but that was already the case in 1.2.

[Collette]

Not a bug.
The metronome only works if there is a drum track in the tab.
Without drum track, no sound from from tuxguitar.

[kotowvr]

In case anyone is interested, there is also a patch that allows to copy measures between two windows:

https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxguitar/patches/10/

The only problem with the patch is that if you press 'Play', the music starts in both tuxguitar windows.

[Luuk de Waal Malefijt]

I'll be launching a full TuxGuitar / Guitar Pro alternative online. No
install needed, write tabs like you are used to, but in the browser. Play
midi, version control, collaborative editing (like Google Docs) and
everything.

On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Vadim R. Kotov kotowvr@users.sf.net
wrote:

In case anyone is interested, there is also a patch that allows to copy
measures between two windows:

https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxguitar/patches/10/

The only problem with the patch is that if you press 'Play', the music
starts in both tuxguitar windows.

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[Aaron Wolf]

That sounds like SaaSS aside from the collaboration function. If it's fully free/libre/open that'll be nice though. Consider using AGPL

[volfste2]

Hello, I'm currently working on adding mute/solo checkboxes in the track list. This image illustrates what the result should look like: http://s7.postimg.org/s2kvwannv/tuxguitar.png I've noticed that this functionality is partially implemented in the current version. The mute/solo settings are being shown but changing them still requires an additional right click. I'm modifying the 1.2 version because I'm more used to it. Once I'm done I will upload the result as an independent repository. Should I implement this feature for the current version as well?

UPDATE: In the end, I decided to modify the current version only. The result can be found at https://github.com/volfste2/tuxguitar

[lauraliparulo]

Is it possible to contribute to the project to make a newer version?

[Jerk]

You can post patch and hope that project owner applies it.

[Fletcher VK]

The project does seem a lot less dead now that there has been an update (2016-01-08). Hopefully the author(s) also fix their web hosting since the .com.ar host does not seem to be working for their site. (And I have to say, .com.ar is pretty confusing for most Americans!) I'm very glad to have found this project at this time, it's pretty exciting.

[Ignacio Taranto]

Hi there,
I have knowledge in C++ and I'm also a musician, I know C++ it's not the same as Java but I could manage.
How can one start contributing with code?

[carsten neubauer]

hello ignacio, are you still using tuxguitar? i finally got it to build right now, ready to rumble.

[Ebdim9th]

I use the desktop version still, but I use the hell out of the phone app, TuxGuitar app may not have a floating fretboard or a scale list, but because of the compact keyboard, dropdown menu and shortcuts you can move really rapidly, which ameliorates adding notes and effects one at a time tremendously. I work really fast on the app, and when i hit save it stays on the last measure instead of jumping back to the start which itself is an improvement over the desktop version. Some things like half speed practice looping is missing, but the improvements and compactness of the app more than makes up for any missing features.

[Andres Mora]

Hi, I'd like to recommend a feature that consist in allow the user to separate some sections of the interface and move them, so they can be placed in any diferent order, or maybe having one window with only one tab on it.