Playback speed is all jacked up
So I emailed CS about this and all they told me to do was post it in one of the forums. So that was a waste, thanks for nothing CS. Good to know CS is worthless here.
Anyways, here’s my issue.
I just downloaded musescore 4 tonight and was working on some music. I left the metronome to quarter note=120. I added a ritartando before a Fermata and then an a tempo right after. I tried the play back and set it to 45% of 120 because I wanted the music slower. It was working fine until the ritardando and the fermata. Everything slowed way down like to 11 bpm then 5 then 2. I got rid of the ritartando and a tempo markings and now after the fermata the playback speed is all over the place. 54 to start, then 76, then 85, then it gets to the point where I haven’t added notation yet and it goes to 148. Is there any way to reset the tempo/playback speed of the whole piece without having to start completely over? I didn’t mess with any other speed/tempo/playback settings prior to any of that. Any help would be wonderful. Thank you in advance.
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If I'm understanding correctly, you can add another tempo marking after the ritardando where you want it to stop, and it'll stop slowing down.
In reply to If I'm understanding… by flute supremacy
So I did place an “a tempo” marking where I wanted the “rit” to stop and it seems like it ignores it. It just keeps slowing down. And further on in the music if there was another “rit” I put in it literally slowed down to 1 bpm. I had to take out all of the tempo change markings to get it to play back consistently. Now the dynamic volume is all over the place during playback lol. But I don’t want to take out all of those.
In reply to So I did place an “a tempo”… by alma4612211
If we users have a problem, the proper place to start is here in the forums. We post and see if others have had the same problem. Sometimes it is user error.
Here is what I just tried. I think it is close to what you were trying. I opened a test score. Mine had notes. A few measures in I added a rit. The end of the rit is not determined by another tempo mark, but by were the end of the dotted line is. You can adjust the rate of the rit by a percentage in Properties. On the note after the line ended, I put a fermata. On the note after the fermata, I placed an "a tempo". The score played properly. I even removed the fermata and moved the a tempo a few notes to the right. Playback slowed until the end of the dotted line, and stayed at that tempo until the a tempo. At which point it went back up to the original tempo.
I believe you can put a specific tempo after a rit, but it needs to be after the line, and best if you have used the percentage setting to get close to the new tempo you want. But as shown above, you may not need it. I know you may want a particular slowed tempo. Real players may or may not do just what you want.
BTW there is no CS, as such, for the notation software.