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ABC with chords AND continuous looping

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:14 pm
by Terry McGee
Hi all

Anyone have a recommendation for a general purpose ABC program that can play chords (from the written chord name eg "D") and that loops without hesitation. I’ve been trying abcExplorer, which plays chords well, but has a delay when looping. And previously using ABCnavigator, which loops seamlessly but can’t play named chords.

Yes, I want my cake and eat it too….

Terry

Re: ABC with chords AND continuous looping

Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 11:48 pm
by cboody
See my answer on thesession.org. The loop might not be as continuous as you wish but EasyABC will do it.

Re: ABC with chords AND continuous looping

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 3:21 am
by Kypfer
Yes, I want my cake and eat it too….
With ABCExplorer, you could try exporting the ABC as a MIDI then looping that in your media player. Else simply copy and paste the ABC code into itself as many times as you want it repeated ... not pretty, but it'll do the job!

Re: ABC with chords AND continuous looping

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 5:55 am
by stanton135
Tunebook, for iOS. It plays chords and repeats without dropping the beat. Very nice ABC editor, and portable, too! I carry my tune collection around in my pocket. (Well, and in my head!)

Re: ABC with chords AND continuous looping

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:24 am
by Terry McGee
Kypfer wrote:
Yes, I want my cake and eat it too….
With ABCExplorer, you could try exporting the ABC as a MIDI then looping that in your media player. Else simply copy and paste the ABC code into itself as many times as you want it repeated ... not pretty, but it'll do the job!
Yeah, I have done that, and it works fine as a workaround. But I was hoping for something better!

Re: ABC with chords AND continuous looping

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:27 am
by Terry McGee
stanton135 wrote:Tunebook, for iOS. It plays chords and repeats without dropping the beat. Very nice ABC editor, and portable, too! I carry my tune collection around in my pocket. (Well, and in my head!)
Hmmm, I should have specified PC.

Terry