Finale 2010—cannot change playback tempo

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Post by soundartist » Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:14 pm

Greetings,
I haven't been able to change the playback tempo of my piece in Finale 2010. The playback tempo is set to match the indicated tempo (Allegro with quarter beat set to 120). I unchecked that box, then rechecked it, with no change. Also, the playback tempo inside the playback controls is greyed out so I cannot change there. Grateful for some help.
Thank you, Julian


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Post by miker » Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:27 pm

Make sure that playback is STOPPED, not PAUSED. That will allow you make the tempo change.
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Post by soundartist » Thu Feb 27, 2014 9:10 pm

I see—thank you, I'll try that.
miker wrote:Make sure that playback is STOPPED, not PAUSED. That will allow you make the tempo change.

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Post by soundartist » Thu Feb 27, 2014 9:23 pm

You were right, control was set to "pause". When I clicked on stop button, I was indeed able to change the playback tempo. Problem is that playback tempo remains the same, even though I'm able to change the numerical value of tempo. I even tried at an extreme high tempo, at 300, with no change.

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Post by miker » Thu Feb 27, 2014 11:22 pm

Two possibilities:

Do you have a tempo expression in the score? I believe that will override the other setting.

Are you starting/stopping the playback with the spacebar? That may prevent tempo changes from registering.
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Post by soundartist » Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:05 pm

Mysteriously, the problem disappeared today—am able to playback in different tempi. The only thing I did today that I didn't yesterday was turn computer on. Maybe I just had to restart machine to fix problem—but I still don't understand how restarting computer would resolve an issue like this.
Anyway, thank you again.
miker wrote:Two possibilities:

Do you have a tempo expression in the score? I believe that will override the other setting.

Are you starting/stopping the playback with the spacebar? That may prevent tempo changes from registering.

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Post by miker » Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:54 pm

Because very often, something (microchip hiccup, cosmic rays, a butterfly in the Amazon) will make strange things happen. The restart resets the cosmos, and all is well, again.
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Post by soundartist » Sat Mar 01, 2014 8:41 pm

Indeed. Thank you!
miker wrote:Because very often, something (microchip hiccup, cosmic rays, a butterfly in the Amazon) will make strange things happen. The restart resets the cosmos, and all is well, again.

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