GPBANK Converter

Extract text from Guitar Pro sound banks (GPBANK)


Drop or upload your .GPBANK file
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How to extract text from your GPBANK file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your GPBANK file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert GPBANK to another file type

To convert GPBANK sound banks to another format, you need Guitar Pro or other Audio software.

Convert a file to GPBANK

To convert other file formats to the "Sound Bank Archive" file type, you need software like Guitar Pro or a similar tool.


About GPBANK files

The .GPBANK file extension is a Guitar Pro Sound Bank File used by Guitar Pro, developed by Arobas Music. It stores the audio samples for the Realistic Sound Engine (RSE). Guitar Pro opens these files to provide realistic playback for guitar tablatures. The main disadvantage of this format is its closed, proprietary nature. These files routinely exceed hundreds of megabytes and require paid, specialized software to function. You cannot open them in standard audio players or use the sounds directly in digital audio workstations (DAWs). Users often want to convert these files to standard WAV, OGG, or MP3 files to reuse the high-quality instrument samples. This file format is difficult to open or convert because it is a proprietary package rather than a standard audio track. Often only the original software can properly read or export the data. Standard online converters fail to process it because they look for standard audio headers. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your GPBANK file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.


FAQ

If you want to convert GPBANK file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use Guitar Pro or similar software from the "Instrument Audio Sample Container" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to GPBANK, try Guitar Pro or another comparable tool in the "Instrument Audio Sample Container" category.



The GPBANK Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our GPBANK converter.