Turn what you play into guitar tab, live, as you teach or record.

You know the moment.

How it actually works

Fret Beam takes the clean, dry signal from your guitar and turns what you play into a tab on screen about a second later. It also creates chord charts, scale patterns, arpeggios, and chord progressions when you ask for them by voice or by typing. Everything shows up sized for OBS, whether a student is watching live or you are recording a course lesson. Our free OBS setup guide shows you how to record the wide lesson and a vertical clip for social at the same time, so you never shoot a lesson twice.

Three ways in

Start where it helps most. The middle tier, Pro, is where the play-it-see-it moment lives. It is the one most teachers come for.

Everything Fret Beam does

Tap any feature to see it.

• Chord, scale, arpeggio and progression charts
• Tab Look
• On-Screen Sizing for OBS
• Included AI for voice and typed commands, no setup
• Fret Beam Remote (second-device control)
• Output Editor - Easily modify any output generated
• Footswitch and MIDI control
• Live guitar-to-tab recording
• Edit a tab output by voice or typing
• Metronome and drum grooves
• Record your own loops
• Tempo sync with your amp modeler
• Lick Library: save and export tabs
• Backing tracks
• Fishman TriplePlay hex-pickup support
• OBS record control
• Record vertical clips in the app, no OBS needed
• Priority support

Works with any guitar modeler, floorboard, or USB audio interface; note-perfect with a Fishman TriplePlay hex pickup.

Try it on your own rig first

• ✓7 days free, card required. Run it through a week of real lessons before you pay a cent.
• ✓30-day money-back on your first charge — if it doesn't earn its keep, email us and we'll refund it.
• ✓Cancel anytime, self-serve — the app works through the end of what you've paid for, then locks. Resubscribe any time with the same key and it unlocks right where you left off.

Questions teachers ask

Is this just another subscription?

It is a working tool for paid lessons, not a hobby app. What you pay for is the work it removes from every lesson and every video. The trial and cancel terms are stated plainly on the pricing page, and there is no auto-renew trap. You can run it for 7 days free before you are charged anything.

Isn't AI-made tab wildly inaccurate?

The notes do not come from AI. Fret Beam's own engine listens to your guitar and writes the tab. AI is only used to understand what you say or type. Here is the honest limit: it will not get a fast, blistering run right every time. When a note is wrong, the fix is one button or one sentence. Say the fix out loud, or press Shift Position. You do not record it again. Fixing a stray note is faster than typing the whole lick, and you start from a clean draft instead of a blank screen.

How much setup is it?

Hit Record, play the lick, and the tab appears on screen. You can also ask for a chord chart, a scale pattern, or a progression by name and it creates it. It works with the OBS you already teach and record with, and with gear you already own.

Can I justify the price?

Compare it to the work it removes, not to another app. If it saves you one hour of typing tab after lessons each week, or helps you land one extra student, it more than pays for itself. Basic starts at $29 a month if you want the on-screen charts without the live tab.

Will it run on my computer?

Fret Beam runs on Mac and Windows. On Mac: Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later), macOS 13 Ventura or later. On Windows: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.

What happens when I cancel?

You can cancel anytime from your account. The app keeps working through the end of what you have paid for, then it locks. Subscribe again with the same key and it unlocks with everything where you left it. If you cancel during the free trial before any charge, the app locks when the trial ends.

Do I need a fancy rig?

No. Works with any guitar modeler, floorboard, or USB audio interface; note-perfect with a Fishman TriplePlay hex pickup. Any of those gets you going. The hex-pickup path, in Ultimate, is how you get note-perfect tab. The one thing the app needs is a clean, dry guitar signal with no amp sim, reverb, or effects on it. Most modelers and floorboards already send a dry copy of your guitar over USB alongside the processed sound, and a plain interface or a clean mic signal works too.