Unable to edit tempo from MIDI
Just a heads up regarding a strange behaviour with tempo on imported MIDI files.
The attached file was created using the iWriteMisic app on iOs, and exported via MIDI. I attempted to change the tempo from the original 132 to 128. The new tempo appears on the score, but playback is unchanged and in the inspector it remains at 132. I can edit the value in the inspector and achieve correct playback, but once again, the displayed tempo seems unconnected in the inspector. Any changes to the displayed tempo are ignored.
The fix is simple - delete the MIDI tempo and replace it with a marking from the palette. The new tempo will now be in agreement with the inspector, and can be edited.
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Comments
Have you considered checking the "follow text" option for that tempo? It is off in the score you attached.
As soon as I turn on the checkbox in the inspector I see the value live-update.
In reply to Have you considered checking… by jeetee
Awesome! Thanks so much!
That's a setting I never noticed because I've never needed it in terms of tempo.
(also, apparently I can't read!)
Thanks again.
In reply to Awesome! Thanks so much!… by toffle
I do wonder, however, why a tempo setting imported via MIDI would not automatically follow the text. I'm sure there is a reason for it, but I can't think why.
In reply to I do wonder, however, why a… by toffle
The main reason that comes to mind is "because someone forgot" when coding that part (or midi import predates that setting perhaps?)