Change Tempo for last verse of song?

RobertK

It seems the software lets you change the metronome marking for individual staffs, but the playback doesn't recognize it and continues to play at the metronome tempo set at the start of the song. I have a three verse hymn which proceeds at 90 beats per minute on quarter notes for the first two stanzas, and the last stanza is to proceed at a slower and more majestic pace, probably around 70. The software lets me mark the staff with the new metronome mark, but the midi playback keeps it at 90. Any ideas, or am I trying to do something this particular software can't handle?

RobertK

I'd REALLY like to know if the software just can't handle this so I quit wasting time with try-this/try-that.

Gekker

Hello,

It seems that Crescendo will only apply the metronome mark set at the beginning and will ignore the metronome marks set on individual bars.
This issue has already been reported to the software developers so it can be fixed in a future release.

RobertK

Thanks for the reply. I'm glad it's been brought to their attention and I hope an upgrade will be forthcoming soon. While the ability to create sheet music is one of the main reasons for buying this program, the ability to generate the song itself and test one's musical ideas interactively is equally as important, if not moreso. All in all, it's a very nice program and has one of the strongest and easiest interfaces available... but this oversight on setting tempo for any given measure so that playback recognizes it is disappointing.

RobertK

I was thinking of upgrading my version of the notation software, but before I spend the money, I'd like to know if this tempo change issue has been fixed. Going by the version upgrade notices, I don't see it addressed.

RobertK

Apparently there's no way for playback to handle accelerando and ritardando either?

This is a pretty big flaw... even public domain software is able to handle these. How about it, developers? Tempo changes within score for playback are pretty important.

RobertK

Crickets, eh? smdh

RobertK

I've figured out a way to change the tempo throughout a song... the trick is to select the measure(s) you wish to put the different tempo on, right click for the drop down menu and choose Tempo Mark, and set the new tempo at that given point for the measure. If you want to show the change explicitly then click the Show Tempo Mark checkbox.

Seems like the trick all along was selecting/marking the measure, as if you were going to edit it, and then chose the new tempo marking(s). Now the MIDI and/or WAV playback recognizes the changes and plays them properly.

RobertK

I meant to add, in order for it to work, you MUST click the check box to Show Tempo Mark, otherwise it won't change anything, even though you've changed the number. That's probably why it seemed not to work from the start. Whether this makes the sheet music look more cluttered or not I leave up to the user, but it's a minor bug that should be fixed.