14. Bringing music in

A folder of songs

A folder of tabs comes into Stab in one go. Stab reads every Guitar Pro, MusicXML and MIDI file in it, and in the folders inside it, and lists them before anything comes in: each song with its format and its tracks. Then you choose which ones come in as songs of your own. The files themselves are never changed.

Bringing in a folder

Available on Mac and Windows. Not on Web.

This isn’t on Web.

Bringing in a folder

1. Drop the folder from File Explorer on Stab’s windowfrom the Finder on the home or on the Welcome sheet, or under Bring a Song In on the home choose Import a File, then Choose a Folder… (File › Open… takes a folder too).
2. Stab lists the folder’s songs as it reads them, with each one’s format (GP5, GPX, MusicXML, MIDI…) and its tracks. A large folder fills in while you look: there’s no need to wait for the end.
3. Tick the songs you want, then choose Bring In.

The songs go into your library as new songs, named as a Guitar Pro file is, and the home shows them.

A file Stab can’t read stays in the list in the warning colour, with the reason (a damaged file, a Guitar Pro version Stab doesn’t read). Files that aren’t Guitar Pro, MusicXML or MIDI are counted under the list. Stab reads the first 1,000 songs of a folder, and the folders inside it three deep.

On the free tier

Free Stab keeps 3 songs of your own. The sheet says so before anything comes in: the first songs, as many as you have left, are ticked, and you can tick others in their place. The rest of the folder stays where it is.

Unlock Stab for all… opens the choices: with a licence or Stab Cloud, every song in the folder is ticked.

The songs that don’t come in stay in their folder, and open read only from Opened Files on the home, to play, print and export.