The first tablature program was written for the
Amstrad CPC 464 in 1986. "Tab Composer CPC" was implemented in
Locomotive BASIC 1.0. It offered a multi-page graphical
WYSIWYG, 3-channel polyphonic playback and volume and tone
envelope functionality, as well as save and load. BASIC programs could be generated for direct playback without the program as well, facilitating easy integration of the created musical content into other programs such as games. The user interface was in German only. An attempt was made to publish the program as a type-in listing in the German ''
magazine. The program was rejected mainly due to poor (handwritten) documentation, and a tedious user interface. The author is still in possession of the original correspondence with the CPC Schneider International'' editorial staff, including the letter of rejection. GitHub Page "tab-composer-cpc" (source code and historical evidence). == List of software ==