Power Tab Editor AlternativesMusic Production Apps like Power Tab Editor

Power Tab Editor is described as 'Free tablature authoring tool created by Brad Larsen for Windows. It is used to create guitar, bass and ukulele tablature scores, among many others. The current version uses the *.ptb file format' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Power Tab Editor for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Power Tab Editor alternative is MuseScore Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Power Tab Editor are TuxGuitar, Guitar Pro, OpenMPT and alphaTab.

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Power Tab Editor alternatives are mainly Music Production Apps, but if you're looking for Digital Audio Workstations you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Linux, Android and iPad. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Power Tab Editor.
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  1. MuseScore Studio icon
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    Compose, arrange, and share music using free, open-source software for Windows, Mac, and Linux with integrated playback, fast note entry, MIDI, MusicXML, PDF support, multilingual UI, and direct connection to an online sheet music community for sharing scores.

    72 MuseScore Studio alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
     
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    MuseScore Studio vs Power Tab Editor Comments
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    Musescore is a great program, but its pdf-score translator is not advanced yet.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • MuseScore Studio is Free and Open SourcePower Tab Editor is Free and Proprietary
  2. Guitar Pro icon
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    Guitar Pro enables editing tablatures for guitar, bass, and more, with support for piano and drums. It features a realistic audio engine, interactive practice tools, and access to thousands of online tabs, facilitating music composition and transcription.

    70 Guitar Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
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    Guitar Pro vs Power Tab Editor Comments
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    You cannot compose your own music on the iPad version of Guitar Pro. You can only read tabs. You must do all composing on a different device.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Guitar Pro is Paid and ProprietaryPower Tab Editor is Free and Proprietary
    • Guitar Pro is LightweightPower Tab Editor is not according to our users
  3. OpenMPT icon
     50 likes

    OpenMPT (short hand for Open ModPlug Tracker) is a popular tracker software for Windows. OpenMPT is completely free and allows you to create and play back some great music on your computer. Based on the original ModPlug Tracker written by Olivier Lapicque, OpenMPT is free...

    43 OpenMPT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. alphaTab icon
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    alphaTab is a cross platform music notation and guitar tablature rendering library. You can use alphaTab within your own website or application to load music sheets from files like Guitar Pro or use the built in markup named alphaTex.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Avid Sibelius icon
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    Professional music notation software for Windows and macOS featuring intuitive, task-based score creation, MIDI and onscreen input, up to 16 staves, guitar tab conversion, Magnetic Layout, dynamic parts updates, text and lyric support, scanning tools, and expressive playback.

    59 Avid Sibelius alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • iPad
     
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    Avid Sibelius vs Power Tab Editor Comments
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    You can't write tab in Sibelius

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Avid Sibelius is Freemium and ProprietaryPower Tab Editor is Free and Proprietary
  6. Songsterr icon
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    Songsterr is an archive of guitar, bass and drum tabs. It is collaboratively built and maintained by your fellow music lovers. Anyone with Internet access can contribute new tabs and make changes to existing ones.

    18 Songsterr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  7. TabMaker icon
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    Create guitar, bass, banjo or ukulele tabs, play it and export it to the PDF for free. You can play it using built-in instruments like electric guitar or acoustic guitar and more!.

    12 TabMaker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Tabular icon
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    Tabular is a brand new tablature editor that lets you read and write music for guitar, bass, drums and much more. It's the best way to learn new songs, write your own songs and run through practice exercises for nearly any kind of stringed instrument or drum kit.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Reflow icon
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    Reflow is a music notation app that runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac. It is a 100% Native app that supports iCloud sync and latest Mac OS X features such as Versions, Autosave and Fullscreen.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. DGuitar icon
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    DGuitar is a Guitar Pro (GP4, GP3, GTP) viewer/player that works on Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, Solaris, and any other operating system that has Java Runtime Environment 1.4 or later installed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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