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seanray - Posted - 01/24/2009: 08:44:35
Hi I'm working with repeats in TablEdit and I'm placing them in the correct measures but when I play back the MIDI it plays right through them without repeating.
Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks,
Sean
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DaveInCA - Posted - 01/24/2009: 09:02:18
Sean, that used to happen in my own tabbing, and just last night I downloaded a tab whose repeats were ignored. The only way I get them to work more or less reliably in my tabs is to let TablEdit put them in automatically by setting up a Reading List (Ctrl+r) for each tune (you spell out precisely which measures should be played in what order, and TablEdit figures out the repeats for you). I never put repeats in "by hand" anymore. Now, if you're already doing a Reading List and the repeats are still being ignored, I don't have an answer. ;-)
And beware: if you have a Reading List in place and you then make a change to the time signature, the Reading List gets trashed and you have to re-do it. Bummer.
Dave
Edited by - DaveInCA on 01/24/2009 09:03:11
oldwoodchuckb - Posted - 01/24/2009: 16:23:25
The reading list is indeed the only reliable way to get repeats to work (other than writing things out again). Even if you have a reading list things will not repeat unless you start your "play" at the very beginning of the tab.
This leads to a couple complications - if you make changes to the lengths of a part later, the change may not follow into the reading list. I've found it safest to wipe out the reading list when I'm going to make big changes to a tab, and build it again when I'm finished. So I mostly leave the reading list until the process is pretty much over.
Ther are also a few Options settings that are better than others and if you are having trouble with printing tabs you may be in need of a "formatting" lock. This is a file with all the Options set up to print well, that you can open anytime you've found strange things happening to your tab formatting.
I have a file named something like 0000_00_0penmefirst.tef Or similar, that resets all my preferred fonts and sizes, my symbol sizes, margins etc. It comes in handy because tabs I get from others can reset my options into a real mess.
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