Dear collective wisdom, Has anyone cracked the tempo issue, understanding exactly how things work, and how to fix things when they go wrong?
I have FinMac 2011, running on a MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with OSX 10.5.8. I set human playback to 21st Century. In the Human Playback Preferences, I have Tempo set to HP (Incorporate Data). Under tempo control, I have Ritardando Before Fermatas unchecked, and under Any Tempo Variations, have Don't randomize checked. I don't like fussing with the executable shapes, as either I don't fully understand them (having tried many times), or they don't really do what they say they do. In the current thing I'm working on, I set tempi with regular tempo marks, and have playback set to "match mark to tempo." For gradual tempo changes, I have tried both the tempo tool and JW Plugins. Typically, they work fine. Now, however, I'm stuck in a weird place. I am trying to change tempo to set a section at q=40. It won't change! I tried reinforcing the change with an invisible expression that has playback at q=40, and it works for a beat, then reverts to the initial tempo (q=60, though there are a few rit/a tempo marks here and there). The ONLY thing that works -- and it is a gigantic pain -- is to pop in the invisible q=40 expression on EVERY NOTE!!! As soon as I stop, the work reverts to q=60 (which, as the beginning tempo, is what shows up in the playback dialog box as the tempo). Can anyone give me any insight into what has gone screwy? Or have general advice about doing tempo changes? (I hope Finale is not making an editorial judgement about my choices...) Thanks, David Froom _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
