On Saturday, Dec 21, 2002, at 02:55 US/Pacific, David H. Bailey wrote:
Of course, that really does beg the question, why would the programmers of Finale think that anybody would NOT want the tempo tool changes to be played? After all, anything done with the tempo tool doesn't show up in the score in any way, serving no graphic purpose at all, they are only there for playback, so why would anybody ever think that playback-only-things would NOT be desired to be heard?It's so that one can have different playback renditions of a score. For instance, if you import a Midi file and preserve the tempo dilations, you can proceed to do a rendering with expressions that approximates the original feel by markings (almost like a takedown). By enabling and disabling Tempo Tool changes, you can output which ever turns out better for playback yet still have a nice looking print job.
I would think the more logical way for the thing to work (I know, computer programming and logic don't always exist in the same room at the same time) would be to assume that all tempo tool changes SHOULD be played unless somebody followed the indicated process about the non-printing expression which would then be set for playback options of DON'T play tempo tool changes.Maybe. Thing is, one can transcribe into an existing score and perhaps not wish to have the current setup messed with. I wouldn't care one way or t'other as long as I could change it.
Merry Christmas to all!
Best to you and yours David and thanks for your many contributions to this list,
Sincerely,
Philip Aker
http://www.aker.ca
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