Control playback speed with the keyboard

• Jun 9, 2020 - 18:56
Reported version
3.x-dev
Type
Functional
Frequency
Few
Severity
S5 - Suggestion
Reproducibility
Always
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
MuseScore

More than one user has requested the ability to control the playback speed using keyboard shortcuts. Specifically, it would be useful to have three commands that increase, decrease, and reset the playback speed to 100%. These commands need not be assigned default keyboard shortcuts but would of course be configurable by the user.

Additionally, there should be a preference that allows the user to specify the speed increment (in percentage points).

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• Jun 10, 2020 - 06:40
Status PR created ⇒ fixed

Fixed in branch 3.x, commit 2e7c74416d

_Fix #306524: Control playback speed with the keyboard

Implemented three new commands that increase, decrease, and reset the playback speed to 100%. The speed increment defaults to 5% but is configurable via an advanced preference. The new commands are not assigned default keyboard shortcuts but are configurable by the user.

Also renamed “relative tempo” to “playback speed” in the relevant code, since that more accurately describes what it actually is. This distinction will become more important later if (or when) MuseScore gains true relative-tempo control at the score level (as opposed to the playback/transport level)._

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Fix version
3.5.0