How to set a certain Tempo as default value in Play Panel
Although I searched for this in Marc's "Mastering MuseScore", I could not find out how to do this.
It seems to me that when activating Play Panel there is always a tempo set at 120 BPM.
Yes, I know that the proper way to insert a tempo marking is to do this in the score, but anyway, when I do not know what tempo I want when I start with a new score, then I want as a default some tempo like 60 BPM to start with. How can I do this?
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The play panel is for temporary *overrides* to the actual tempo of a piece. So, it is not always set to 120BPM - it is always set to *100%*. If the actual tempo of your piece is 120 BPM, then that's what the play panel will start at, but if the actual tempo of your piece is 80 BPM, than that is what the play panel will start at.
If you wish a new score to start with a tempo of 60 BPM, simply enter that into the corresponding box of the Creat New Score wizard.
In reply to The play panel is for by Marc Sabatella
Regarding: "it is not always set to 120BPM - it is always set to *100%*. If the actual tempo of your piece is 120 BPM, then that's what the play panel will start at, but if the actual tempo of your piece is 80 BPM, than that is what the play panel will start at."
This really seems an unnecessary complication to me. It seems to me that it should reflect the actual tempo rather than a percentage, which no one will really understand. Anyone who wants to change it temporarily will not be confused if the actual tempo is displayed as changed because they will most likely do it by ear. However, if someone wants a specific tempo, it is impossible without a calculation external to the program.
In reply to Regarding: "it is not always by xavierjazz
If the Play Panel only allowed you to set a single BPM rather than a percentage of actual tempo, what would you expect to happen if your score includes tempo changes?
In reply to Regarding: "it is not always by xavierjazz
What Zack said. The Play panel affects playback of the entire score, including tempo changes, fermata holds, and what have you.
I usually can't judge the tempo I need when I start a piece, so I enter some notes, play it back, and twiddle the tempo setting in the Play panel until it sounds right. Then I put in a tempo marking from where I had the Play panel set, reset playback to 100%, and I'm good.
In reply to Regarding: "it is not always by xavierjazz
I don't understand the objection. The whole point of the play panel is to provide temporary overrides of the actual tempo, such as to practice playing along with. Isn't doing this as a percentage exactly how one would normally want to do this? Besides, (as others have said) what if the score changes tempo mid-way through? Any temporary override to tempo *has* to be expressed as a percentage, so it will continue to scale correctly through tempo changes.
Note the actual tempo *is* displayed, not just the percentage, but the point is, the default value is always 100%.
In reply to I don't understand the by Marc Sabatella
I don'e see an objection here, rather a bit of confusion, as evidenced by the initial post. The points re: tempo changes are good, although the % change could just as well be interpolated into actual tempos. Personally I don't use the playback at all so I have no skin in this game. Just trying to help bring more clarity.
In reply to I don't understand the by Marc Sabatella
I think the OP's question was whether it was possible to change the DEFAULT tempo to another value. In the second dialogue popup of the Create New Score Wizard, that default value is set to 100 BPM (2.0.1). This doesn't bother me, and I've never bothered to change it there for reasons other people have mentioned, but I know how to set the tempo for each piece with ALT+T.
The whole discussion about temporarily modifying the playback tempo using the F11 menu is off the point, I think.
In reply to I think the OP's question was by Recorder485
Hi.
Re: "The whole discussion about temporarily modifying the playback tempo using the F11 menu is off the point, I think."
I don't understand, what else is F11 for?
In reply to Hi. Re: "The whole by xavierjazz
the OP's point is:
"when I start with a new score, then I want as a default some tempo like 60 BPM to start with."
Temporary modifications to the playback via F11 do not address this OP point.
In reply to the OP's point is: "when I by ericfontainejazz
Absolutely.
Tempo Text default is hard-coded to be 120bpm, according to:
https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/blob/6931c7fd5d8dd7ee062ebb81a3f…
(although there is a commented-out line that set the tempo to a propertyDefault)
I vote for allowing user to configure default tempo via preferences or xml file.
The default tempo for a score that doesn't have a tempo set is a separate issue, at it seems to be set to 120bpm here:
https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/blob/ec05fe3a234fe17711c7a1bf941…
I would vote for that default being configurable as well.
In reply to Tempo Text default is by ericfontainejazz
"I vote for allowing user to configure default tempo via preferences or xml file."
+1
Joe.
In reply to "I vote for allowing user to by JoeAlders
Preferences dialog is already crowded. XML file is not user friendly.
So it's -1 for me until we have a proper way to visualize a lot of preferences for advanced users (a la firefox about:config)
In reply to Preferences dialog is already by [DELETED] 5
All right, I can understand the problem when using XML, but via "Preferences" it should be made possible
I think.
In reply to Preferences dialog is already by [DELETED] 5
Oooh, I like the idea to work with a searchable preferences list.
Perhaps this could become a GSOC-project?
In reply to Oooh, I like the idea to work by jeetee
I personally like the idea, as I would be a user of this. Probably not somethig that would excited a great many users, but it has relevance to the recent discussions regarding "professional" use.
In reply to I personally like the idea, by Marc Sabatella
You have a point here Marc. In the end it is not of that importance. So at least I do not have the
ambition to make it a wish on the wish list. It is very easy to get playing speed modified when starting
a new score. Not a big deal at all.