One of the great "improvements" they made is that they got rid of it.
It is now an expression, and you have to create it in the expression
editor.
Fun huh?
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Rod McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Have recently up-graded to 2009b and for the first time since I
commenced
using Finale in 2004, I am unable to find the 'Create Tempo Plug-
In', which
has always been under 'Plug-Ins---Expressions---Create Tempo". Now,
no plug
in. Am I missing something simple? Help, please.I am in the middle of
something which requires repeated changes of tempo! Thanks. Rod.
The problem with the Create Tempo Plug-in, I think, is that it used
Maestro numbers instead of Times. I always found that to look most
unprofessional. But, if really like it, and if you have an old copy
of Finale around, you can reinstall the plug-in (just copy it into the
correct folder), and it does work fine (at least it did when I tried
it). If you need a copy of it, ask the list and someone can send it
to you (I am Mac, and if you are also, email me off-list).
You might consider not using it. I'm not sure it takes all that much
longer to make a tempo change now. You double-click to add an
expression, click on the Tempo Marks set, select one of the given
expressions, click on "duplicate," then "edit." Then you can change
the numbers and text. If you need to change the value (quarter,
eighth, etc.), you need to know the EngraverTextT equivalents (q is
quarter, e is eighth, x is sixteenth, h is half, w is whole, dot adds
a dot, ). If you care about playback, click on the playback tab and
change the tempo there also.
I do agree that they could have simply updated the Create Tempo plug-
in, fixing it by allowing mixed fonts. But I also think it would have
saved, at most, a couple of clicks.
David Froom
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