I can’t figure out how to make it so every time I use playback the tempo is what I set it to. I’ve tried the slider after pressing Command-4 to be in Play Mode. But it is temporary.
Slider screenshot:
I’ve also tried changing the bpm in the slide out tempo tool on the right (after pressing Command-9 to make it visible). I thought it would “stick”, but it doesn’t seem to.
Right side panel screenshot:
Open the property lane (bottom part of the window) and look for a checkbox that says something like “hide …” (Sorry, not currrently in front of Dorico).
That is the correct way to enter tempo (and tempo changes) in Dorico. You need not enter any text if you don’t need any. eg. shift-t q=60 will set tempo to 60bpm and show the appropriate metronome mark. Similarly shift-t h=30 will set the same tempo, but show a half=30 metronome mark.
Now I have a corollary issue: once I’ve unticked the tempo marker, how can I select it to make it visible again? I’ve tried all kinds of things like Show Signposts, View System Track, but they obviously are not the way to do it.
@Mark_Johnson, Of course, you’re right! I had seen that, but when I double clicked on it (as I usually do), the text box behind it opened up and I saw it and thought, “That’s not what I want.” Now I see that even with a double click it did open the bottom panel where I can tick and untick it – I didn’t see that before. And if I only single click, that bottom panel with the options for that item is the only thing that is invoked.