Topic: Adjust midi playback tempo?

Hi all,

Is there a way to adjust the playback tempo of a midi file?

Specifically, I "wrote" a piece in Musescore, exported a midi file, opened it in Pianoteq, played it.  All good, except I would like to adjust it to be slower (so I can use it for a sight sing duet drill).

I would take any Musescore or general DAW advice too, but slowing it down in PT would be easiest I think if possible.

Thanks!

Re: Adjust midi playback tempo?

If you need a flat slowdown, for example 5% or 10% slower, you can mouse click on the 1x below the MIDI playback time counter for a (kinda hidden) playback speed menu.  Options of 0.5x through 2.0x will open with optional dialogs for any value between 0.1x and 10.0x and a manually entered "Seek to..." value.  Another way to seek is to click and hold the MIDI output and it will zoom and allow you to seek more precisely.

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Re: Adjust midi playback tempo?

In MuseScore you can set any tempo you like. Select the first note, then from the Tempo palette click on crotchet = 80, which will appear in the score. Then you can edit this element to any value you want.

Re: Adjust midi playback tempo?

dazric wrote:

In MuseScore you can set any tempo you like. Select the first note, then from the Tempo palette click on crotchet = 80, which will appear in the score. Then you can edit this element to any value you want.

That works perfectly.  I tried using the crotched = 80 in the palette, but I hadn't selected any / first note and nothing happened. 

(How does one change the tempo available in the palette? I tried right clicking.  Presumably, if you select a different note and then drag a different tempo, it will change the tempo and be reflected in the midi?  )

Thanks!

Last edited by wws (21-10-2023 22:00)

Re: Adjust midi playback tempo?

A tempo direction is like any other text element in MuseScore - you have to double click on it to edit it. Then you can delete the 80 and insert 72, 96, or whatever.