Unintended tempo changes
In setting up a new score, I rarely use the option to set a tempo value per note, as I often just adjust that for playback purposes. As I was finishing the newest score, and was using the playback to check for errors, it kept changing the tempo throughout the song, to the point of being ridiculously fast. To the best of my knowledge, I didn't do anything differently from any other score that I've entered.
Has anyone else had this happen?
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You'd need to share the score
In reply to You'd need to share the score by Jojo-Schmitz
Ok, here it is. Thanks.
In reply to Ok, here it is. Thanks. by baughmanjaime
It plays at 120 BPM (the default tempo in absence of any explictly set one) all the way
In reply to It plays at 120 BPM (the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yep, that's what happened today, but definitely not what was happening when I posted this. A glitch, I guess.
Thanks for your reply.
In reply to Ok, here it is. Thanks. by baughmanjaime
I also hear it play at 120 (the default tempo, as Jojo said) through the entire piece.
Question: When you hear it changing tempos, do you have the Playback Panel undocked?
The Playback Panel is the box at upper right with the Rewind, Play/Pause, Loop playback, Metronome and Playback Settings buttons. It is undocked by clicking and dragging on the six dots button immediately left of the Rewind button.
When it is undocked, it shows additional controls: one of which is the tempo slider. If it is displayed and you are inadvertently dragging it (by moving your mouse back and forth), that would be a way that you might hear the tempo changing ... apparently spontaneously.
If it is undocked when you hear this, try this experiment: re-dock it (drag it back up to the top right corner and drop it onto the grayed space that appears) and play the score without that control available. I would expect it to NOT change tempo. And if you want a different tempo than 120, simply set one at the beginning of the score, using the Tempo palette.
If you don't have the Playback Panel undocked, well, it was an idea :-)
In reply to I also hear it play at 120 … by TheHutch
I did have the playback panel undocked, but I wasn't touching the mouse or keyboard when the tempo changed. When that happened, I did pause and then start it over again. On that playback, there were several different changes in the tempo. I just closed everything out and made the original post.
Today, it plays back just fine. One of life's mysteries, I guess.
Thanks for your reply.