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[–] pmtabs@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Finished the text version, and made a small correction in the GP8 file πŸ‘

When I'm in the headspace to do another tab, I'll definitely have another look at your list!

Cheers.

[–] pmtabs@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Replying to your edit!

I enjoyed it for sure, I hadn't heard this band before and now I'm a fan, which is awesome.

It wasn't super difficult, though I was stumped in one place for a bit but eventually got through it. Luckily there are a couple of live videos available from before the song was rewritten to be much more simple in the 2000s (for example, in the newer version, most of the riff complexity is replaced with simple 1-finger Drop D power chords, which was useless to me as I was tabbing the O.G. version). It was fun researching the song and trying to catch a glimpse of where certain riffs are played on the neck etc. Kinda hard when the videos are from ancient VHSes from the '80s πŸ˜†

[–] pmtabs@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

That's awesome to hear, thank you! :)

[–] pmtabs@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Hey mate, I finished the Guitar Pro 8 version of the tab, I just need to do the text version now (will probably take another day or two), but in the meantime here's the GP8 file:

https://pmtabs.net/wp-content/uploads/Onslaught-Shellshock.zip

If you don't have GP8, the free TuxGuitar can open the file, although it will sound awful (and lacks drums). But if you just wanna learn the riffs, it'll suffice πŸ‘

[–] pmtabs@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Nice list! I don't think I know any of these songs, so it will be interesting to tackle something new (to me). I've made a start on Onslaught: Shellshock. I take forever to tab stuff, so don't hold your breath waiting for it haha, but I will try to get it done before 2026 πŸ‘€

 

I'm struggling to find the motivation to tab anything lately πŸ˜’

 

https://github.com/stemrollerapp/stemroller

It can work with files you have on your machine, or you can use the in-built search bar to search YouTube for audio to use.

There are lots of websites that offer this service, but they usually restrict you to a certain number of files, or files of a certain length, with daily credit limits or mandatory sign-ups, and all that usual AI nonsense that annoys us daily. StemRoller is a program you install on your own machine (actually, you just extract it and run it from the folder), and so you can therefore use it however you like with no restrictions.

The results of any AI stem generation are usually pretty poor (for transcription purposes, at least), and it's no different with StemRoller. However, in certain circumstances, it really does help. For example, I'm currently tabbing a song where I know the drummer is playing a million ghost notes on the snare, but which I simply can't hear on the album recording. StemRoller's drum track output makes those ghost notes audible. The vocal output makes the backing vocals more obvious, too, which helps.

I wouldn't trust the guitar outputs for transcribing guitar solos or anything like that, but if you have a basic need like in my drum example, it could make life easier for you.

 

The stems were extremely helpful for this one. If anyone needs them, let me know πŸ‘

 

Notepad++ is a plain text editor, primarily for programmers/coders, but if you work with ASCII tablature, it's a must-have.

It allows you to select/cut/copy/paste vertical chunks of text. This means you can add, move or delete bars of tab from the stave. It also lets you drag a vertical line from which you can then type on all selected lines simultaneously, allowing you to draw up bars of tab very quickly, like so:

I've yet to find another plain text editor with this functionality, but if you know of any others, please share!

 
 
 
 
 
 
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