Charter

A simple viewer, player, and editor for guitar charts. Charter is a Free and Open Source app for Desktop (Windows, MacOS, and Linux.) using Java and jasio.

Table of Contents

• Charter
• Screenshots
  • Download & Install
    • Windows
    • MacOS
    • Linux
• TODO
• Contributing and Building
  • Contributing
  • Building

Screenshots

Download & Install

Download the latest version of Charter from the releases page.

Windows

Download Charter-windows-<version>.zip then unzip it, then run Charter.exe.

Works For Windows 10 and above

MacOS

Download Charter-mac-<version>.zip then unzip it, then run Charter.jar.

For Apple Silicon/ARM (M1/M2/M3) based Macs, download Charter-mac-arm-<version>.zip then unzip it. Then run Charter.jar.

Linux

Download Charter-linux-<version>.zip then unzip it, then run Charter.jar.

TODO

NOTE: This list is subject to change.

TODO

new features:

• add RW/play/stop/FF buttons on GUI
• straightening beats when anchor is removed
• option to disable warnings
• vocal notes creation/deletion revamp
• preview of beats' movements when dragging them
• ability to shift all further beats
• smarter slides and linked notes
• add autogenerated fhp after slide ends
• join linked notes with same flags
• change vibrato tail for linked notes
• modern theme tail types
• auto fhp creating moving top fret instead of bottom fret if new is above
• edit tab with chord templates
• slide shape options
• tab notation under edit area
• add tabs with arrangements
• add tab with warnings
• new select options:

• select all after etc.
• select by clicking note tail
• select like
• select by string with list of filters?

• handling strings beyond max?
• FHP creation switch stretch/make new/ask user?
• multiple tracks preview
• better slowdowns
• quick paste section/phrase tab

bugs:

• when adding silence/beats the notes aren't moved forward
• bend gp5 import positions
• midi bass
• check tempo moving notes
• After accidentally linking the previous note to a chord at the start of a handshape (which removed the chord) when I recreated it, the notes behaved like individual notes and not like a chord. No matter what I tried I could not get it to properly treat it like a chord again. This caused it to display odd in both the 3D preview and in Rocksmith after building the project.

formats to add:

• gp8
• LRC
• FLAC audio
• psarc

3D preview:

• COUNT makes fhp appear, and END makes the disappear
• exploding notes with shaky camera
• tremolo should vibrate more
• arpeggios colored note shadows
• editable camera settings
• camera more like in RS
• string vibrating when plucked
• change how chord boxes look
• full chord box if chord has at least 3 notes

Future things:

• Campaign/Guitarcade
• NAM support/integration (Neural Amp Module)
• Local/Online Multiplayer

Contributing and Building

Contributing

1. Install Java Development Kit 16 or newer, for example Main release or OpenJDK
2. Download and install Maven from here.
3. Fork the repo and make pull requests
4. Profit

You can also suggest features by making a new issue and you can submit them in the RSCharter Discord!

Building

1. Go to main directory and run mvn clean package
2. Built program will appear in <dir>\target\Charter\