Jam Maestro: create guitar tab

I’ve been writing metal and acoustic music for over 10 years now, and having been in many different projects and seeing my material scattered to the wind, this app has allowed me to consolidate my creative process and I’ve finished more songs in the last year than in the rest of my career, combined. Now I have a full length’s worth of material, guitar, bass, drums, all finished and ready for any future bandmates to practice in-app. The addition of the 7-string was a HUGE game changer and the best thing they could have done. If y’all aren’t already working on it, an eight string addition would be incredible, but if not, I will still use this app until the day I die. Congratulations, guys, this is the best money I’ve ever spent!

There are lots of options and good sound quality. This is an effective and versatile tool for getting your ideas onto some sort of canvas. Cons: steep learning curve, unintuitive interface, .gpx import is not supported. Seven string tabs unsupported. Lowest tuning supported is drop A#, but the app won't let you open tabs tuned lower than that. It should just automatically set the tab to drop A# if the tuning is too low rather than not display the tab at all. To respond to dev response: it's not that I want to see lower tunings possible in your app (drop A# is low enough for me), but rather I would like to see tab files already tuned lower be automatically formatted to A# so I can actually view them. Currently, such tabs cannot be opened. I'm aware that gpx can be easily converted to gp5, but most tabs from UG for example are gpx, which means I cannot simply grab them using Safari and view them using only my iPad. These are both simple minor inconveniences which hold the app back from perfection. Thanks for the response, I love your app and I look forward to the next update!

The interface is a bit clunky; it could be less busy and basically a bit cooler looking. As such, it is a bit intimidating to use. You look at the screen and its kind of overwhelming. But, its pretty easy to use once you get started and its definitely the kind of app that the more you spend time with it the better. I wish it was a bit easier to see how to Print and Share. The export function is a bit hard to figure out. Like what if I want to email the text or the PDF to someone? But I am glad I got it, and it is going to help me a lot in working on a song with a friend. Once the tab is in for the song we can play around with you we want the notes to be played. I tried to hand write out the tab and it was a nightmare so I am very glad I found this app.

I bought this program on a whim just so that I can write tabs with the ability to hear the play back. I messed around with it on my own before even viewing tutorials and immediately thought: this is a pretty good program. I wish something like this existed when I started playing music 🎸 20 years! You have access to everything you need if your just starting to learn or want to advance on your scale studies/chord theory! Now, that was all before I knew what you could really do with this app. It has everything from guitar, bass, drums, effects, multitrack recording, step programming, (note by note) and real time recording to printing tabs, exporting, audio/midi... I’m in awe! There’s tons more I didn’t mention. Being able to write tunes at any given moment is great. This is a powerful to for newbies and song writers alike. Super excited about this product! A+++

Pretty good so far...except I haven’t yet learned how to vary the speed of the notes when I want to play certain notes as 1/4 notes and some as whole or half notes, for example. I also haven’t figured out how to play certain notes sticcato vs letting them ring. My notes above are not a hard knock on the app because I’m pretty sure there’s a way to do those things or folks would give the app a low rating. However, for as much instructions as they’ve provided, I still wish the learning curve was less steep and the user interface more intuitive. So far, I’ve found nothing else in the app store that compares well to this. Looking forward to learning more about how to use it.