(Toggle through this til you get it right - there are three options here.)On my computer this is a little tiny "M" on the bottom just inside the vertical scroll bar. open the "M" tab in the lower right corner of the MAIN screen to have both the tab and actual notation on the screen. To convert a Guitar Tab file to Mando or Pennywhistle or. Thanks for the thread! I'm looking forward to reading and learning now. Makes it more fun to play along with than the mechanical-sounding versions that are more common. You'll occasionally find a "wrong" note here and there, or just one you don't like, but you can easily edit those. He goes a little overboard with the accompanyment sometimes, but you can "deselect" or even delete instruments. His is guitar tab, but TablEdit can easily convert it to mandolin. One site that has some pretty good ones is Dick Anderson's site.
Other than the "MIDI" sound, the rhythm and feel of a song done this way is much better to practice with. The best ones are songs that were recorded by MIDI guitar or keyboard in realtime actual playing rather than typing in notation or tab in perfect eighth notes. Most are pretty bad, but if you spend a few minutes looking (& listening), you can find some that are done by people with actual talent. I've found a few websites that have MIDI files with songs that I'd like to play. One thing that I have found helpful, especially since I havn't had the time to find anyone to pick with, is this: It could just about make a "Main Page Forum".
Sorry, mad dawg, I can't help with those, but I think this is a great thread.