Version History

Version History

All 1.x updates are free for licence holders.

The app checks for new versions automatically (or run Check for updates from the footer), and your existing licence key carries over — download the new build, open it, done. The log below covers the significant releases; incremental fixes ship alongside them without fanfare.

Fab Tabs  ·  Tab-Grabber

Fab Tabs

V1.26 — August 2026

• Smart Track mode. A third Note Tracking mode alongside Balanced and Speed — the fastest, most intelligent capture Fab Tabs has ever had. Misread notes correct themselves; corrections flash so you can see them, and an A/B button compares before and after.
• Revised capture logic. Note capture is quicker and steadier across the board: fast passages land more reliably, aggressive bends read more consistently no matter how hard you dive them, and a held bend stays put on screen instead of wavering.
• Transport bar. Start/Pause/Clear and the full playback controls now live in a bar at the top of the window, always in reach no matter where you’ve scrolled. Undo is ⌘Z / Ctrl+Z.
• Upgraded factory calibration. The built-in calibrations for all 12 keys were re-measured and substantially deepened — hard, aggressive attacks now tab out more accurately straight out of the box, minimal user calibration required.
• Input gain range doubled. Mic gain now reaches 10× (previously 5×), with per-device persistence fixed — the level you set is the level you get back, per microphone, across sessions.
• Easier note editing. Fix any note right where it sits — right-click a tab (or use the Fix a note button) to correct, replace, or delete it, with playback to check yourself against.
• Interface revisions. Sidebar sections collapse by default; calibration tools consolidated behind a single section with an on-demand note map; independent sidebar scrolling corrected for all window sizes.

V1.25 — July 2026

• Lick-Share. Uploads the current lick and returns a share URL — tabs render colour-coded and playable in any browser, no install on the receiving end.
• Chord-shift views. Displays and plays the captured lick as it sits over the IV and V chords — transposition and playback handled internally, one control.
• Source audio playback. Saved Audio/Tabs players now embed the actual recorded harmonica (MP3) rather than the synthesised voice, metronome click included when active at capture.
• Single mic authorisation. The downloaded app requests microphone access once per session and reuses the stream across takes.

V1.23 — June 2026

• Alternate tunings. Natural Minor (Lee Oskar), Country (Major 7), and Parrott (Flat 7 Draw) added as first-class tunings — note tables, keyboard, tab legend, and detection all rebuild per tuning.
• Bend-Aid. A live reed-meter tuner with cents display and per-bend reference tones; functions as a general chromatic tuner.
• Tuning reference. Detection and tuner reference adjustable A440–446 to match sharp-tuned instruments.

Tab-Grabber

V1.5 — July 2026 · initial release

• Audio-to-tabs engine. Converts recorded audio — songs, lesson clips, voice memos — into harmonica tabs. Works on harmonica parts and on other lead instruments (sax, trumpet) you want mapped onto the harp.
• Instrument isolation. Integrated stem separation lifts the lead instrument away from the mix before transcription — substantially cleaner output on full-band recordings. Credit-based; trial isolations included.
• Note editing. Per-note correction (pitch, position, deletion) with reference playback against the source audio.
• Format control. Four tab notation formats, named per-instrument settings presets, floating playback dock.
• Fab Tabs interchange. Exports .fabtab files that open directly in Fab Tabs for playback, transposing, and sharing.