I must disagree with the previous explanations of how the Elapsed Time function works (or doesn't work). It does indeed take Tempo Tool modifications into account when calculating the duration of a passage, at least on Fin2k4a. I believe Fin2k2 did ignore Tempo Tool data, and I don't recall whether or not this was fixed in Fin2k3. What I can say with certainty is that in Fin2k4a the results I get from Mass Edit->Check Elapsed Time, TGTools Calculate Duration, and a stopwatch all agree.
-Lee > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of David H. Bailey > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Finale] Elapsed time > > > Now for the bug part of the situation -- why if Finale-the-program knows > about the tempo tool settings so it can play your finale file correctly, > doesn't Finale-the-program know that those tempo tool settings exist > when calculating elapsed time or when saving as a midi file? > > While Brad is absolutely correct in saying that the proper way to affect > both midi-file-creation and elapsed-time calculation is to use > expressions defined for playback, it certainly seems like a bug to me > that the program doesn't know what the program knows. > > And Finale will say it's not a bug. But it really is a bug if a program > can do something and even has a special tool to do it with and yet that > program can't search its own data file for the data from that specially > designed tool. > > Maybe not a bug, but certainly lazy programming which has never bothered > to fix the situation. > > So in effect, Finale (and MakeMusic) is saying to us: We designed this > special tool, gave it its own icon, spent your development dollars on > it, let you use it if you are foolish enough to want to, haven't removed > it, but it's totally useless within the overall scope of all the > functions the program offers. So don't use it. > > You know, I don't think even Microsoft does that, for all it's other > stupid actions! > > > > Brad Beyenhof wrote: > > on 11/21/03 10:33 AM, Ole Buck wrote: > > > > > >>From: "Mr. Liudas Motekaitis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>>In Mass Edit select the region you want to measure and hit 5. > >> > >>Finales Elapsed Time gives you for some unknown reasons only the time at > >>MM=120. > >>I guess it's a bug. > > > > > > Actually, it's not a bug. The Tempo Tool is not what you use > to affect the > > Elapsed Time dialog. This dialog calculates elapsed time based > on the tempo > > changes inserted as Playback Options elements of Text Expressions. > > > > Also, these are the tempos used when exporting as a MIDI file. > If you've > > ever wondered why the MIDI file is a different tempo than the > Finale file, > > this is your problem. Just insert the tempos as Expressions > and it'll do > > what you expect. > > > > ------------- > > Brad Beyenhof > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
