Why does EOF think I have two beats per measure?

[lduperval]

Hi,

 

I have a score which starts with an empty 2/2 measure, an empty 4/4 measure, and the third measure starts with a half rest. When I look at my measures in EOF, everything looks like  a 2-beat measure. is this a bug or a limitation? If a limitation, is my only recourse to redo my score with only 4/4 measures and resync? I compared with another of my songs, and it shows correct 4/4 beats.

 

I am using the 6-12-2019 version.

 

Thanks,

 

L

[raynebc]

EOF supports pretty much all time signatures. Without being given the relevant files to check, it sounds like that score doesn't actually change away from a 2/# time signature.

[lduperval]

Ok, I will send the file used. It's an export from GoPlayAlong. There is also a GP5 file with it. I will upload it too.

 

L

[lduperval]

Here is the GP5 file as well as the XML from GoPlayALong.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MyIVzG_rDJc8fc7U7GXRMny04y2DjOV6/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RCf_udAaqmEHLku3r5QtxwUbGJt79zQA/view?usp=sharing

 

L

[raynebc]

When I import the Guitar Pro file and opt to import the time signature changes, it looks correct to me:

 

Make sure you're using the latest hotfix, otherwise please provide a screen shot showing what you end up with when you import the GP5 file.

[lduperval]

Hmmm, I'm not seeing the same thing:

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fXYTnpXLbpzmLCBo0lIMCCNV9Ub-mghJ/view?usp=sharing

 

Everything is only two beats. I am using the 2019-06-12 version.

 

L

[lduperval]

And here is the log of the import. Maybe it will shed some light:

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/155er2nLSR1Sp6ZaxkyGBrZ173K2tB1ms/view?usp=sharing

 

L

[raynebc]

It looks like it's because the score was synced strangely in Go PlayAlong. The 4/4 time signature change is before 0 seconds, so it gets dropped from the import. I'll see if I can improve handling for this scenario, but if you apply another 4/4 time signature change at the beat where the first bass note occurs (either in the GP5 file or in EOF after import), it will work around this.

[lduperval]

Hi,

 

Hmm, not quite. This is before I added the beat:

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AeGlRzoxDe-izYKy7spNSzTeRYLqFnUr/view?usp=sharing

 

and this is after:

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yNwLyDwrSxqVV270XflWbBqE2Z0Wi0DE/view?usp=sharing

 

You'll notice that when i added the 4/4 signature the measures became shorter and it messed up my sync. It looks like I may have to restart.

 

What I'm trying to do: Add those clicks before the song starts so players know when the song begins. Maybe I did it wrong, I don't know. :(

 

This is the first time I've has so much trouble with a song.

 

L

[raynebc]

You will probably have to use "Beat>Time Signature>Convert" since the denominator is being changed and you don't want beat lengths to change. The only reason this happened is because the 4/4 time signature was defined before 0 seconds and was omitted by EOF during import.

[raynebc]

I've improved Guitar Pro import's handling of this special case:

[lduperval]

Cool! I'll hold off for the update before trying again.

 

L

[raynebc]

The time signature convert function will work for you now, you don't have to wait.

[lduperval]

Hi,

 

I tried the time signature change, but it doesn't do what I want. I tried reexporting the song while changing the first three measures to 2/2 and at the third measure make it 4/4 but I still don't get the beat on every note. I still get it every two notes.

 

So it's OK, I'll wait until you're able to release the next patch and try again then.

 

Thanks!

 

L

[raynebc]

Note that the convert time signature function is different from the function to set a time signature. It will adjust the tempo so that the beats keep their current positions and lengths despite the change in time signature.