Plucker Studio

Plucker Studio is a tablature composer, that is to say an editing tool whose purpose is the 
creation and reproduction of music for string instruments in tablature format. Although 
other tablature programs are currently available, Plucker Studio, I believe, is the only one 
which was designed specifically for composition and playing, rather than 
editing/publishing purposes. Of course, writing a composition would be impossible 
without editing capabilities, and other programs, such as Fronimo, allow for the playing 
and composition of music in tablature format. I think you will find that, while Plucker 
Studio's publishing capabilities are admittedly limited, it does offer a  much wider range 
of tools specifically designed for the composition, transposition, manipulation, and 
playing  of music in tablature format than any other existing software.


Features

-WYSIWYG editing of tablature in modern, French, & Italian formats
-Supports instruments up to 14 courses (8 frettable,  23 frets maximum) 
-Automatic transcription of tablature into modern notation 
-Automatic conversion from one tablature format to another
-Sound output to the sound card's FM synthesizer and/or external MIDI instrument
-Full screen display with automatic scrolling when playing
-Chord maker and note finder 
-Automatic conversion of tablature from one instrument to another, or one key to another
-Export to GIF, MIDI, and TAB format
-Imports TAB format
-FM patch editor for  the Yamaha OPL3 chip


Requirements
IBM pc or compatible, with DOS 3 or higher; VGA, and a Sound Blaster or compatible 
sound card with Yamaha OPL3 chip. You can use Plucker Studio without a sound card, 
but most the fun will be gone...
Preferred: Windows 95.  
Note: Although Plucker Studio is a small program, it will run best with a faster processor. 
Slow chips may result in slow display of GIF files, and hick-ups in the scrolling functions 
when playing a song. In that case you might want to disable scrolling while playing.