Changing Playback Tempo - Am I overlooking something here?

[Thomas_Gunther]

Hi,
lets say I want to play in some music on my midi keyboard at a much slower tempo as the project tempo.
What I would like to do is simply double-click the tempo number (next to the metronome symbol) and type in my new tempo. Unfortunately, I only see a slider to change the tempo, which will take for ever. Is there a way to type it in?

[kelvynchin]

on another note, further to that above, i would prefer to type out the Eq. levels and balance instead of moving those little sliders … is that possible? tks

[Janus]

@Thomas_Gunther

Unfortunately, I only see a slider to change the tempo, which will take for ever. Is there a way to type it in?

No, but you can use the left/right arrow to nudge it.

[konradh]

@Thomas_Gunther. Hey, Thomas! I found the mixer sliders annoying so I posted about that here and got some help. Trying to drag those little sliders is ridiculous.

I wish Dorico had the 1/2x and 2x tempo buttons like Cakewalk, but I sometimes just type in a temporary tempo and then delete it. For example if the piece is at 120 BPM, I will click a measure to select it, type Shift-T and then type q=60 in the pop-up box. After recording, I just click that new tempo and hit delete, or do another Shift-T to enter a new tempo. I am not 100% sure that solves your problem, but it’s a good trick to know.

I write orchestral music, and sometimes I enter a slow temporary tempo so I can hear what all the parts are doing.

All the best, --Konrad

Resetting Mixer Values

It is pretty easy to move a slider in the mixer by mistake. There are also times when it would be good to set several faders to the same value. Moving faders with the mouse is not very precise or predictable. In some software, double-clicking the fader will either set it to 0db or some other default value. My questions: Is there a way to set faders to the default value? Is there a way to enter a numeric value instead of trying to drag the fader to the exact value?