Bug#374287: ITP: tuxguitar -- TuxGuitar is a multitrack guitar tablature editor and player. It can open GP3, GP4, and GP5 files.

[Philippe Coval <rzr@users.sf.net>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Philippe Coval <rzr@users.sf.net>


* Package name    : tuxguitar
  Version         : 0.6
  Upstream Author : Julian Casadesus <akdmia[a]users.sourceforge.net>
* URL             : http://www.herac.com.ar/soluciones/tuxguitar.htm
* License         : LGPL
  Programming Lang: Java
  Description     : TuxGuitar is a multitrack guitar tablature editor and player. It can open GP3, GP4, and GP5 files.

With TuxGuitar, you will be able to compose music using the following features:
Tablature editor
Multitrack display
Autoscroll while playing
Note duration management
Various effects (bend, slide, vibrato, hammer-on/pull-off)
Support for triplets (5,6,7,9,10,11,12)
Repeat open and close
Time signature management
Tempo management
Imports and exports gp3 and gp4 files 

The GUI is using Java SWT and provides MIDI synth output.

I made a quick and dirty package for those who want to try it out,
untill I submit it somewhere.

Check http://rzr.online.fr/q/SWT for download, news , help etc

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16.19-k7-amiloa
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)