Hi all! I’m super exciting to announce the impending release of my new shamisen notation software, “ShamiTab”!
If you want to see it in action, I share mini tutorial video over on the Bachido Facebook group here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18R88rXppf/
There’s still plenty more for me to add but I’ve made sure that to start, there is a really robust feature set, including:
- Shamisen-focused score editor built specifically for notation, tab, playback, and layout work
- Rhythmic slot-based note and rest entry for fast, precise score writing
- Duration editing with dotted rhythms, triplets, ties, slurs, chords, and grace notes
- Multi-track score editing with track rename, duplicate, color, visibility, mute, solo, volume, and pan controls
- Shamisen-specific technique support including uchi, oshi, suri, finger markers, and dynamic markings
- Lyrics support with multiple verses and placement-aware rendering
- Repeat and navigation playback support including Segno, D.S., Coda, and Fine-style score flow
- Built-in playback with transport controls, looping, count-in, metronome, and swing/playback feel options
- Track soundbank selection for different playback instrument colors
- Design Mode for adjusting systems, page flow, and score layout
- Per-track stave scaling controls for vertical system sizing
- Technique symbol alignment controls for per-track refinement
- Dynamic row visibility controls per track
- Custom tuning editing with real-time score updates
- Guitar Pro import with track selection options and imported tuning support
- Save and reopen projects with recent-tab workflows
- Print and PDF-ready output workflow
- Zoom controls plus page and continuous viewing modes
- Localization support for a multi-language editing experience
- Score presentation tools for cleaner rehearsal, teaching, and performance materials
Anyway, it’s mostly ready to go, I’m just tweaking a few more little features here’s and there and making sure the core expereince is solid. Expect an update in a week or so!
