Editing tools

Compared to FoF's basic built-in Song Editor, Freetar Editor v0.2 includes everything FoF's Song Editor has plus:

• Import .mid, .midi, .mp3, .wav, .wma (v0.2 beta), and .flac audio files in addition to .ogg.
• Tempo by "Beats Per Second" (initial tempo; new tempo cannot be added).
• Allow error time (accuracy for understrumming notes) when playing in Freetar.
• Toggles for Forced HOPOs. (v0.2 beta)

Charts are saved in .sng format and used to be able to be converted to .mid in FoFTools to play in Frets on Fire and other inspired games but the website shut down.

• Import .ogg audio files.
• Guitar track only.
• Scroll highway.
• Playback.
• Chart for Supaeasy (Easy in GH), Easy (Medium in GH), Medium (Hard in GH), and Amazing (Expert in GH) difficulties.
• Tempo by "Beats Per Minute" (initial tempo; new tempo cannot be added)
• Song information stored as "song.ini".
• Save charts as ".mid" along with song information saved as "song.ini"
  • This song format became the default format in later note chart editors and later Guitar Hero/Rock Band-inspired games.

It is also possible to use other DAWs that have a MIDI sequencer to make custom songs but REAPER is free to use.

A license is not required to be purchased as the unlicensed version has access to every feature even past the expired evaluated time period but purchasing a license is courteously recommended to support the developers. A license lasts until the end of the next major version release upon purchase, which would usually take several years.

Notable features included since FoF's built-in chart editor are:

• Additional instruments: Co-op Lead Guitar ("Coop-Lead"), Bass/Rhythm ("Coop-Bass/Rhythm"), Enhanced Guitar, Enhanced Coop-Lead, Enhanced Coop-Bass/Rhythm, 10-Key Guitar, Drums, Double Drums, Vocals (5 lanes), Keyboard. Several of these extra instruments have not been useful.
  • Show Reference Track: A second instrumental chart can be viewed on the side.
• Load multiple audio tracks to each main instrument with volumes adjustable to each one.
• Change tempo during song by "Beats Per Minute" (BPM).
• Add time signatures.
• Add section names.
• Add Star Power phrases.
• Add Face-Off phrases.
• Travel and place notes by triplets and other distances.
• Place events and track events including solo markers (for Rock Band games and later GH/RB-inspired games) and stage effects.
• Metronome and note claps.
• More song.ini properties.

Notable features included since FeedBack Chart Editor v0.97b are:

• Import and convert .mp3 and .wav audio files to OGG format.
• Import .mid charts, FeebBack .charts, GH packed songs (including GHL), Guitar Pro tabs (.gp3, .gp4, .gp5, .gpx, .gp, Go PlayAlong .xml files) for Rocksmith tracks, Rocksmith .xml charts, Bandfuse .rif charts for Rocksmith, GHL packed songs
• Rock Band 3 pro guitar and Rocksmith charting ("tabbing") support
• More playable instruments (does not include the unnecessary "enhanced" instruments): Rhythm (separated from Bass), Vocals (as actual vocals, playable in FoFiX and GHWT, lyrics displayable in newer inspired games), Real Drums (extra Drums features from a MIDI drumkit for Phase Shift and Clone Hero), Real Bass (17-fret and 22-fret versions for Rock Band 3, Rocksmith, Phase Shift and YARG), Real Guitar (17-fret and 22-fret versions for Rock Band 3, Rocksmith, Phase Shift and YARG), Real Guitar Bonus (additional guitar for Rocksmith and YARG), Dance (DDR-styled instrument for Phase Shift).
  • Toggle drumkit styles: 4-Lane (+ RB3 Pro Cymbals), 5-Lane (GHWT-styled)
    • Expert+ bass drum kick notes.
  • GHL Mode: Convert Guitar and Bass to GHL Guitar and GHL Bass for up to 7-lane charting (3 black lanes, 3 white lanes, and open notes if enabled).
• Toggles for Forced HOPOs, sliders, open notes, drum note velocity (accents/ghost notes), solo markers, and more.
• Extended sustains. Reversed extended sustains (first introduced in Guitar Hero Live) are playable in Clone Hero.
• Optional settings: Sustain gaps to prevent sustained notes from touching another note.
• Snap unaligned notes to grid. Recommended to do this a lot when copy/pasting notes as pasting copied notes may not be pasted correctly.
• Find optimal and evaluate Star Power pathing for Clone Hero.
• More song.ini properties for newer Guitar Hero/Rock Band-inspired games like Phase Shift, Clone Hero, Fret Smasher.
• Cloning charts from another instrument or difficulty which helps save time charting multiple instruments/difficulties.

However, while EoF can import FeedBack's .chart files, EoF chart files are only saved as .eof and .mid and cannot be converted to FeedBack's .chart in EoF. This would have to be done with the Mid2Chart conversion software. Also, only one audio file can be loaded at a time.

While Moonscraper contains many features that EoF can do, Moonscraper (as of v1.5.0.2) currently does not have support for EoF features like:

• Rock Band 3 Pro Guitar & Rocksmith tabbing/charting.
• Dance instrument.
• Limited Vocals. There is a lyrics editor in Moonscraper but pitches cannot be adjusted; playing Vocals in FoFiX or GHWT would require EoF.

But what Moonscraper does currently have that EoF does not have are:

• Charting in FeedBack .chart format (and can import .mid and convert to .chart) and can export the chart in .mid format.
• Allowing 5-Lane and 6-Lane (GHL-styled) charts to co-exist as different instruments whereas in EoF, they are only toggleable, choosing one or the other for that playable track.
  • GHL Co-op and GHL Rhythm tracks were added in v1.5.0, exclusive in Moonscraper and playable in Clone Hero but are also planned for YARG.
• Load multiple audio tracks to each instrument like in FeedBack and adjust their volumes, whereas EoF was able to only load one audio track at a time.
• More features to be added in future updates.