Why does the Tempo palette have all the symbols twice?
In the Tempo palette, why does each symbol (minim, crotchet, quaver) appear twice? In each case I've found that using the first gives different results from the second - e.g. using the first crotchet and setting it to 120 gives around the same tempo as using the second and setting it to 80.
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Look closer, one set of these is dotted
In reply to Look closer, one set of… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks Jojo-Schmitz. I had wondered if that might be the case, but I couldn't see the dots in the palette, even when I used a photo-editor to massively magnify it. However, I've just tried massively increasing the score size using Page Settings, and I can see the dots in the score now. Completely invisible at any normal font size though.
Anyway, mystery solved, so thank you.
In reply to Thanks Jojo-Schmitz. I had… by Alan Fryer
Maybe you want to try ti increase them using the command line options -x or -D, see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/command-line-options
In reply to Maybe you want to try ti… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks again. I'll look at that, but I've now found the dot does show on my printer, which is what really matters for me.
In reply to Thanks Jojo-Schmitz. I had… by Alan Fryer
Could be a font problem on your computer. Do you perchance have Bravura installed? Or Emmentaler? MScore? None of these fonts should be installed - MuseScore needs to be able to use its own internal versions.
I guess it's also possible your palette got corrupted somehow. Were you ever experimenting with customizing it? Were you ever using an experimental nightly build?
In reply to Could be a font problem on… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks Marc. No, I haven't got any of those fonts, and I've never tried to customise it - I'm a fairly new user, still learning the basics really. Until just now I had only installed MuseScore once, which was 2.1.0, but just a few minutes ago I've installed the latest, 2.3.0. It's still made no difference to the visibility of the dots in the tempi. I've got two screens, the laptop's built-in one and a big external one, and I'm not seeing the dots on either. BTW, I'm still on Windows 7 (afraid other s/w would stop working if I upgrade). I wonder if that might make a difference.
In reply to Thanks Marc. No, I haven't… by Alan Fryer
Both screens connected at the same time? Esp. TV screens are known to not get their DPI recognized properly by MuseScore
In reply to Both screens connected at… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes I use both screens at the same time. The external one isn't a TV, it's a "Samsung C32F391 32-inch Curved LED Monitor". Often I drag the MuseScore window from one screen to the other, depending on what other windows are open. I can live with the problem for now - I haven't got any songs needing dotted tempo markings, so it's not really a problem, now that my original question is answered and I know that's what the second set in the palette are. Thanks for your help.
In reply to Thanks Marc. No, I haven't… by Alan Fryer
I guess it's also possible that the long-unsupported Windows 7 is the problem - maybe the Qt libraries we use just don't work with it well any more.
In reply to I guess it's also possible… by Marc Sabatella
When I get time I'll install MuseScore on other computers we've got in the house, with later versions of Windows, and see if that helps. I don't need a solution urgently though - now that I know what the second set of symbols in the palette are I can just ignore them for now, till I get time to experiment. Thanks for your help.
In reply to I guess it's also possible… by Marc Sabatella
Windows 7 and long unsupported???
Guess you mean XP or Vista?
Windows 7 is still supported and will be for a few more years
In reply to Windows 7 and long… by Jojo-Schmitz
Oops, you're right, sorry, my mistake. In which case I have no idea why the palette would loo so different.
In reply to I guess it's also possible… by Marc Sabatella
Win7, 32; Tempo Palette:
Dots are here.
PS: It just seems like the last dot is shifted slightly to the right. (Or designed in that way)