Can't change metronome speed using Real-time Advance shortcut
When I use Real-time Advance shortcut (to record notes from a midi keyboard), the metronome speed is always the same (near 100 bpm, but not quite that). I've tried changing the tempo of the piece and using the tempo adjuster in the Play Panel. Nothing changes the metronome speed. If I change the note duration (say from a quarter to a sixteenth note), I get the main and subdivision sounds, but the smaller interval is unchanged - still near 100 bpm.
I'm using MuseScore 3 on a linux system. My system has ALSA, not JACK (so the problem is not that JACK's "Timebase master" is turned on).
I suspect I'm doing something wrong, but I can't figure out what.
Thanks
Comments
Not 120 BPM?
In reply to Not 120 BPM? by Jojo-Schmitz
Could be 120 BPM. Does that have a particular significance?
I've read that someone using JACK with "Timebase master" turned on was getting 120 BPM. I'm using ALSA not JACK. I didn't see anything like a "Timebase master" option in the MuseScore I/O preferences.
In reply to Could be 120 BPM. Does that… by bdwagman
120 BPM is the default tempo in absence of any other tempo marking
In reply to 120 BPM is the default tempo… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ah, thanks.
It appears that the tick interval using the 'Real-time Advanced short-cut' has nothing to do with the tempo. I think it is set by Preferences -> Note input: Note Input "Delay between notes in automatic real-time mode". The minimum value is 300ms. Does this sound correct?
The minimum value of 300ms is something of a problem for me. I need to set the note type to a sixteenth note (since I have at least a few sixteenth notes in the piece I'm entering). The piece is really in 4/4 time. With the interval between sixteenth notes at 300 ms, the tempo in quarter notes is 50 bpm (a 300ms interval is an interval of 0.3 secs between sixteenths and 1.2 seconds between quarter notes, which is equivalent to 50 bpm) This is very slow, too slow for playing most pieces on a keyboard.
I wonder if there's another way to enter notes via a keyboard.
I could enter notes in Real-Time Automatic without the advance. However, with the note type set to a sixteenth, If I hold down a note for 4 ticks, I get four sixteenth notes that are not consolidated.
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
In reply to It appears that the tick… by bdwagman
From the MuseScore 3 handbook:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/note-input-modes#realtime-auto
"In the automatic version of Real-time input, you play at a fixed tempo indicated by a metronome click. You can adjust the tempo by changing the delay between clicks from the menu: Edit → Preferences... → Note Input (Mac: MuseScore → Preferences... → Note Input)."
Looks like the Note Input Delay preferences haven't changed:
![Real_time.png]( "Real_time.png")
Both versions have lower limit of 300ms.
In reply to From the MuseScore 3… by Jm6stringer
Thanks, I think I understand this now. MuseScore doesn't detect note duration. In automatic mode, it records all notes using the specified note length. So when using this mode, one has to choose the 'main' note duration and then make small changes by hand. I've been able to do this successfully.