From first room to show time

1. 1

   Sign in

   Open TabTogether and sign in. Room creation, cloud tabs, and paid room capacity are tied to the signed-in account.
2. 2

   Create the room

   The bandleader can accept an automatically generated code or enter an unused four-digit code, then select Create Room.
3. 3

   Invite the musicians

   Share the four-digit code or copy the room URL. Never share your account password.
4. 4

   Load a song

   Choose a shared tab from Browse, open a saved local tab, or upload a Guitar Pro file.
5. 5

   Verify everyone is ready

   Confirm the participant list, assign score parts, and test playback before the count-in.

1. 1

   Let everyone join before loading the final song

   Connected members appear in Band Setup. Late joiners should receive the active shared file automatically.
2. 2

   Use one authoritative bandleader

   Avoid competing transport changes. In a local rehearsal, the mixer-connected owner should start and stop the band.
3. 3

   Use count-in for coordinated starts

   Enable Count-in before Play. The countdown BPM and scheduled start are synchronized across room devices.
4. 4

   Leave when finished

   Use Leave Room rather than only closing the tab. This clears the room connection and join parameters from the browser URL.

1. 1

   Load the song first

   Score-part menus are populated from tracks in the loaded Guitar Pro file.
2. 2

   Choose each role

   Select guitar, bass, keys, drums, vocals, or another role. This label helps the bandleader verify assignments.
3. 3

   Assign the notation part

   Match each musician to the exact Guitar Pro track they should see. The selected part opens automatically on their device.
4. 4

   Enable Local band mode for one audio source

   Only the room owner outputs audio. Member devices stay visually synchronized but silent, preventing doubled or delayed playback in the room.

Sync by song section

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   Attach real audio

   Use a confirmed shared backing track or upload an MP3, WAV, M4A, or OGG file. Select Original Audio.
2. 2

   Play or seek the recording

   Listen for the exact downbeat where a named section such as Intro, Verse, Chorus, Solo, or Outro begins.
3. 3

   Tap the matching section pass

   At that downbeat, select the section’s button under Section Sync. Repeated notation is listed as pass 1, pass 2, and so on so a later timestamp cannot be attached to the first pass.
4. 4

   Add later checkpoints in order

   Work down the section list as the recording advances. TabTogether rejects a checkpoint if its recording time would run backward and break the timing between sections.
5. 5

   Fine-tune globally if needed

   Use ±0.1s only when every section is consistently early or late. If one section is wrong, update that section instead.

Fix drift with Manual Sync

1. 1

   Position the recording before the problem area

   Select the matching section or notation bar, choose the pass if that bar repeats, and seek the recording just before that point. Starting Manual Sync no longer resets the recording to zero.
2. 2

   Tap through the problem area

   Press the TAP button or T exactly when you hear each new bar’s downbeat. TabTogether follows the repeat-expanded playback sequence, including second passes and alternate endings.
3. 3

   Undo mistakes

   Undo removes the last anchor without discarding the rest of the session. Restart clears the current tap session.
4. 4

   Save Sync

   For a shared tab, saved sync points become available to the community. Check the entire song before saving.

1. 1

   Connect the owner device by USB

   Connect the room owner’s USB-C output directly to the USB-B input on the CQ-18T or CQ-20B. Disable operating-system audio effects.
2. 2

   Use an uploaded audio backing track

   YouTube cannot pass through the browser routing matrix. Attach a local or shared audio file instead.
3. 3

   Enable Local band mode

   This prevents participant phones, tablets, and laptops from playing duplicate audio.
4. 4

   Choose CQ USB stereo split

   Left/USB 1 becomes the backing track. Right/USB 2 carries click, spoken cues, and guide tracks.
5. 5

   Test one channel at a time

   Run Test left / backing, then Test right / IEM, and watch the CQ USB input meters.
6. 6

   Configure CQ sends

   Send USB 1 to Main LR and desired monitors. Send USB 2 to monitor/IEM mixes only and remove it from Main LR.

1. 1

   Load the shared tab

   TabTogether reads timing straight from the Guitar Pro file when the song has a vocal track, and also checks for approved contributed lyrics. Whichever source has real timing is the one shown.
2. 2

   Choose Off, Split, or Full

   Split keeps the notation beside the lyrics, which is what you want if you play and sing at once. Full is the stage view for a phone on a mic stand.
3. 3

   Follow along

   The line being sung stays centred and each syllable fills with colour as it lands. The view scrolls itself, and pauses that scrolling for a few seconds if you scroll ahead to read.
4. 4

   Change tempo freely

   Timing is stored as musical positions rather than seconds, so it stays locked to the syllable at 60% or 160% and inside loops. Everyone in the room follows the same line without any extra setup.
5. 5

   Jump and loop from the words

   Click any line to move the whole room there. Shift-click a line to loop it — the loop widens out to whole bars so a phrase starting on an upbeat still sounds right when it repeats.
6. 6

   Watch for your entry

   Over an instrumental section of two bars or more, a counter shows how many bars until the next line, then SING. It appears on every device at the same moment.
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   Assign the vocalist role

   In Band Setup choose Vocals. That member gets the lyrics view automatically the first time a song loads; after that the choice is theirs. The score part is optional.
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   Add and format lyrics

   Open + Add/Fix Lyrics on a shared tab and use the Text tab. Put each lyric line on its own row, and use blank rows to add spacing between sections. For the clearest song structure, put optional labels such as [Verse 1], [Chorus], or [Guitar Solo] on their own rows. Square brackets are recommended—especially for custom labels—but are not required to save.
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   Time them yourself with Tap sync

   If the file has no vocal track, switch to the Tap sync tab, play the song, and press Space as each line begins. Taps snap to the nearest bar or beat, so one pass is usually enough. Undo the last tap or start over at any point; only the lines you actually tapped are saved.
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    Or import timed lyrics

    The Import tab searches a free synced-lyrics database. Results marked SYNCED carry timing; TEXT ONLY ones do not. Because that timing belongs to a recording rather than to this tab, play along and press Space when the first line is sung. If the tab is written at a different tempo than the record, tap once more on the last line. The ±10ms and ±100ms buttons fine-tune, and the bar numbers beside each line preview where it will land.

1. 1

   Find the section chips

   When a Guitar Pro file carries section markers, they appear as chips above the score — Intro, Verse, Chorus, Solo, and so on. The chip for the section playing right now is highlighted. Songs without markers fall back to any section labels found in the lyrics.
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   Jump to a section

   Click a chip. Everyone in the room moves there together.
3. 3

   Loop a section

   Press on the first chip and drag across to the last one you want, then release. That range becomes the loop, so "run the chorus again" takes one gesture instead of hunting for bar numbers.
4. 4

   Loop a single line instead

   Shift-click a line in the lyrics view to loop just that phrase, widened out to whole bars.
5. 5

   Clear the loop

   Use the Loop control in the sidebar, or press L until the loop clears.

• Keep the screen awake and connect power for long rehearsals.
• Use a stable rehearsal Wi-Fi network; avoid switching networks mid-song.
• Open Tracks to reveal the setup sidebar on smaller displays.
• Use Local band mode so member devices remain silent in the rehearsal room.