Is this a piece that you KNOW the timing of, as in you have calculated the times using metronome settings, or is this a piece that you have a recording of and the timings didn't match between Finale and the recording?
I just did an experiment -- created 60 measures in cut-time (120 beats), created a tempo marking of half=120, and the check elapsed time returned a timing of 1 minute, just as it should. Then I entered a plug-in-created tempo marking NOT defined for playback in the 31st measure, set to half=60. This should have changed the indicated length to 1'30" but it didn't. Once I entered a tempo marking of half=60 which WAS defined for playback, again the Check Elapsed Time returned the right length (there was .03 seconds added for some reason, but I would never list the approximate length of a work to include hundredths of a second anyway. So it would be interesting to see why the timing was off in the file you checked. You do need to define any "create tempo marking" plug-in-created tempo markings for playback at the tempo you are entering for display, and if you enter any tempo indications such as Allegro or Andante you do need to set those tempo indications to playback at the proper speed. Bob Florence wrote: > I tried Finale's timing calculator on a piece that I knew the timing. > It was way off. > > BF > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Finale] timing > Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 18:44:01 -0400 > From: "David H. Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The problem with the timer function of Finale is that if you make timing > changes with the tempo tool, it doesn't take those into account. > > As long as you don't use the tempo tool, the timing seems to be accurate. > > > Jonathan Smith wrote: > >>Bob, >> >>Finale has its own little timing calculator built in as mass mover >>metatool 5, (assuming that your timing requirements are from completed >>finale files). With the mass mover click in front of the top stave, >>therefore selecting the entire piece and hit 5. Finale will >>automatically calculate the length of the piece based on the tempo >>settings you have input as score expressions etc. It even calculates the >>rits, ralls and accels, where you have assigned a 'shape' to govern the >>tempo changes. >> >>This is a really useful feature if you require accurate timings. You can >>of course just select a portion of the piece in the same way. >> >>I would go so far as to say that even if you didn't have the pieces >>input into finale files but you do have accurate measure and tempo >>information to hand and can know your way around finale reasonably well, >>you can swiftly set up a single empty stave from any default file add >>the extra measures, the tempo marks, changes etc and get a fast and >>accurate calculation. >> >>Hope that helps, >> >>Jonathan Smith >> >> >>>Bob Florence wrote: >>>Hi all: >>> >>>What is the formula for timing music without a stopwatch? >>>Something about number of bars or beats and measures and rate of spped. >>> >>>Thanks; >>> >>>BF >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Finale mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > > -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
