Complex Triples

[stasta74]

In a 2/4 bar i want to create the following triplet..... QUARTER QUARTER AND TWO EIGHTH NOTES, is this possible?
I attach a screen shot of an example. Instead of a rest i want two eighth notes , when i try to import it only allows me to type just 1 eighth note.

[motet]

Simple entry seems to have a problem with this (when I try it, it turns the final eighth into a sixteenth tied to a 32nd over the barline!). Can you use Speedy entry for this? If not, perhaps someone has a work-around for Simple.

[motet]

Something you could do is change the measure to 4/4 temporarily, enter your triplet, and change back to 2/4.

[miker]

In Simple:
Tap 5 to select a quarter note.
Enter the first quarter, by tapping the letter key.
Tap Option-9. (Windows tap Alt-9.)
Set the definition to 3 quarters in 2 quarters. OK.
Enter the next quarter, by tapping the letter key.
Tap 4 to select eighth note.
Enter the eighths, by tapping the letter keys.

In some cases, mixed tuplets will generate an extra rest at the end. Just delete it.

[motet]

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[zuill]

What's key here is: DO NOT delete the quarter rest. Just enter the 8ths and the quarter rest will go away. What triggers the bug is deleting the quarter rest first.

Zuill

[motet]

Ah.