Problems with tabs that have repeats

[sammy123]

Hi everyone, I was wondering has anyone ever had a problem creating 2014 customs where the GP file has repeats. Eof does not recognize these repeats and leaves half of the song out... is there a step im missing or a way to fix these files? A little help would be Appreciated. Thank You

[Generalsnus]

I had a GP file once that gave me this problem with repeating sections. I then moved the sections after the repeating sections to the right place and then did a copy paste into the gaps for the repeating parts.

 

Don't know if this is best practice.

 

This is a Monday morning, there is a chance that I'm missunderstand your problem.

Edited March 10, 2014 by Generalsnus

[MVega]

The problem I have with repeats in GP files is that they only work if the guitarist/bassist played exactly the same thing for every verse and chorus, It doesn't work if there are variations.

[raynebc]

If you send me the GP file I can look into it.

[sammy123]

If you send me the GP file I can look into it.

 

ok well here it is...

http://www.mediafire.com/download/c1vn1tl4qcug7yb/megadeth_how_the_story_ends.gp5

thanks a bunch

[raynebc]

I opened it in Guitar Pro 5, and no repeats are shown to be authored into the file. Would you please double check that it shows up for you in the actual file?

[sammy123]

OK so i don't know what happened then, I was syncing tab to the song starting from left to right. i got pretty far into the process when i noticed that a lot of the song was missing and it skipped to a different part of the tab. i don't know if it got deleted or if the tab was wrong to begin with, or how it can just bring to parts together that don't match audio. .... will get back to you if i solve this or just scrap this song altogether... or if anyone finds out what happened.. ill check it out :cool:

[PC Plum]

This is all too common, unfortunately.  It's not EoF, it's the tab.

 

One of the first things I do now when syncing a song is checking for the correct length.

 

Songs are fixable (most of the time :) ), it just adds extra work.  But, if like MVega says, there has been variation by the instrumentalist and not just blatantly repeated sections, then it can stick out like a sore thumb.  You spend hours copy/pasting only to get "that's not accurate, that's wrong" as the feedback.

 

Rock and a hard place mate, I suggest you struggle on.  I would only really give up if it's going to be musically inaccurate.  It won't be the last time you see this problem, so it's worth persevering :)

 

 

These commands will save you hours:

 

Ctrl+C

Ctrl+V

Holding shift when clicking mouse to select a range of gems

 

and my new found favourites

 

PgDown

PgUp

Ctrl+End

 

 

 

Enjoy :)

[MVega]

I'm tabbing songs by ear these days. I'm tempted to create one track that's note for note accurate, and another that just gives the simplified repeats -- since this is the way most people would play it outside of Rocksmith anyway.

 

I have a couple of midi files that will play as an entire song outside of EOF, but when I import them into EOF, only the first verse/chorus shows up.

[raynebc]

Without the GP file to look at I can't really comment on it beyond either the GP file is bugged or EOF is.