Originally Posted By: PeterGannon
Hi Tony

There are options for both the points you mention.

You can have the tempo not change.
You can always have the current style highlited.

Press the options button in the stylepicker to set these.

Peter


Hi Peter

Let me be a bit more precise about my issues.

The option you refer to states "Always change tempo to best tempo for a style whenever a style is loaded" the operative word being LOADED. I am talking about using the four bar preview which always changes the tempo to the "ideal". When this happens the chord sheet is now set to a new tempo until you manually change it back, unless you have manually set it to the chord sheet tempo using the +/- control. If you don't notice the change you can end up saving the song with the wrong tempo. Having said that, I have seen the very occasional song that retains the chord sheet tempo when using the four bar preview. So far I cannot find a pattern to explain this.

Why should BIAB ever attempt to change the tempo that I have already decided is correct for my song and force me to keep checking the tempo? Even when loading a style using the OK button the tempo should never change. You have provided the "Quick Play" option to audition the style at it's ideal tempo, but loading or auditioning a style should always be at the tempo of the chord sheet as designed. The option is not really necessary and just adds to BIAB's complexity and leads to threads like this one.

Yes there is an option to show or not show the the current style highlighted however when you return to Stylepicker after auditioning a style why is the highlighted style not always immediatley visible in the style list and why do you usually have to scroll down to find where you were in the filtered list? This never happened with the old Stylepicker. In any case, why would anyone need an option to NOT have the current style highlighted in Stylepicker? Another complication - scrap this option also.

All this is a good example of PG going over the top in building features and options into BIAB perhaps to satisfy a couple of comments from users who happen to use the program in a certain way. This design philosophy contributes to the frequent negative comments about the BIAB interface.
With more styles every year, the Stylepicker becomes a very important part of BIAB. I'm sure I'm not the only one who spends hours trying to find the best style.

My life would be very dull without BIAB. Keep up the good work.

Regards
Tony