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Posted by vx1 Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 669 days ago

This is a really cool app, since I play guitar and have a home studio I can say with some confidents its a good app, a little pricey since its a mobile app though. I really like the seamless stitching of the tab files and the auto scroll feature that is really nice.

:)

 
 
Posted by mrscott45 Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 669 days ago

the tuner? That alone would make it worth the price. Sucks that it isn't available for the 9550, though. I'll have to wait till they make a version that is.

 
 
Posted by 97TJ Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 669 days ago

Looks pretty useful. To bad it's not available for Storm1.

 
 
Posted by tnmurdock Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 669 days ago

And I think my instructor wants a blackberry just so he can d/l this...he thought it was neat especially the chord library

 
 
Posted by det325 Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 669 days ago

When will this be available for the storm 9530?

 
 
Posted by Damatrix02 Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 669 days ago

the videos are great but they really dont replace the actual hands on testing of the program, speed, functionality etc.

 
 
Posted by SCrid2000 Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 669 days ago

I beta tested this app, if you play guitar and use tabs this is one of the slickest apps you can get.

 
 
Posted by pastorz Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 669 days ago

I think I may have posted back when this was still in beta - but this a great app. Lots of features, and they ALL work. When I'm playing my acoustic, I simply rest my BB on my guitar and I can play along with the auto-scrolling chords. DEFINITELY worth the cost, IMO!

 
 
Posted by estarno Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 669 days ago

This looks awesome! I'll probably end up downloading it soon to use this summer. Can't tell you how many times I wish I had my computer on the beach at bonfires etc. when I want to look up a song.

I don't get how you get the actual TAB or CHORPRO(?) files? Do you download them? From where? Are they free?

 
 
Posted by execubrand Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 669 days ago

I'd like to know the same thing, where do I download these .chopro and .tab files?

 
 
Posted by Phil LCAMobile Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 669 days ago

Hi All.
Tab songs for use in Guitar Studio can be found online.
www.mxtabs.net is a great legal source for tabs and a video demo is posted on our YouTube channel that takes you through how to get a tab and email it to your phone to install it.
I personally use email to install most of my tab files as it's quick and better than using Desktop Manager..

The main thing to remember is that tab and ChordPro files are just text files with a certain extension in the filename.

Guitar Studio will search for files that are named the following way:
For tab files, it will look for filenames ending in .tab or .btab
For ChordPro files, it will look for filenames ending in .chopro

If you have a large number of tabs on your computer already, you can transfer them to your BlackBerry using Mass Storage mode. Connect your phone to your computer using the USB cable, then choose Yes if asked if you want to use Mass Storage mode. You may need to enable this mode on your phone. On my phone it's under "Options", then "Memory".

Once Mass Storage mode is active, you can copy files to your BB like any other drive on your computer.

Once you're done, update your song library in Guitar Studio by selecting "Update Library" from the BB menu while viewing the Tab song list.

You can save song files from most guitar software programs as tabs or text. If your songs are in Word or another format, just use Save As and then choose Text (.txt) as the type, then rename them to .tab files before copying them over.

Hope this helps.
Please send requests directly to support@lcamobile.com if you have questions and I'll answer as quick as I can.

Thanks
Phil C.
LCA Mobile Inc.

 
 
Posted by estarno Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 669 days ago

Darn , I thought it worked a little differently. I need something that will let me lookup tabs/chords on the go. Like if I'm somewhere and someone asks me do you know how to play this, and I say no, but let me pull it up. Still pretty cool though.

 
 
Posted by ChileSwim Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 669 days ago

I have seen a similar app for the iphone and was totally excited, thinking someone would put something together for BBs. How bout making this one avail for us *forgotten* Storm 1 users? (speaking of iphone, that puppy can come to Verizon anytime now...)

 
 
Posted by jonno_atamaniuk Thursday, Apr 15, 2010 669 days ago

Well... For us storm users at least? I do understand that coding for the storm series devices is a longer process, as one needs to properly code for the touch screen controls, but it isn't like there is ~that~ much difference between the devices. Especially the tour and the storm... They are practically the same device with minor differences... And one major difference in the screen.

 
 
Posted by DonB52 Thursday, Apr 15, 2010 668 days ago

Man I thought I was going to get the perfect app! I am a worship leader/guitar player at my church and often need to look up unfamiliar chords. This app would have been the perfect tool. Too bad it does not work on my Pearl Flip!! :>(