Count-in not sounding

Dorico
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Click is on and Count-in set for 3 measures

But count-in does not sound

2

Are you inputting notes or playing them back? Click works differently depending on your choice.

3

In playback ā€¦ play selected ā€¦ metromone on ā€¦ click-in set to 3 measures ā€¦

4

Count-in only applies when MIDI Recording, not when using normal playback.

5

Canā€™t say as I understand that ā€¦ but no matter ā€¦ I can handle it in another program ā€¦ would be nice to be able to produce an MP3 file directly from Dorico for rehearsing/recording

6

Add three bars of woodblock at the beginning.

Jesper

7

Iā€™m officially confused.

  1. Adding three bars in the beginning is what I have done in the past. It will not work this time as it changes the measure numbers for the rest of the piece.
  2. Why, if count-in only works for MIDI ā€˜recordingā€™ is it even in the Play area?

Can someone shed some light on this? It would be nice to handle this in Dorico without resorting to have to use another product.

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You could add a bar number change (back to zero) in bar 3

Not sure what you mean by thisā€¦

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Change measure number? Didnā€™t know that was possible (still very new to Dorico) ā€¦ Iā€™ll see if I can figure out how to do that ..

Count-in: Looking above in this thread, an answer regarding the count-in stated that it only worked with ā€˜MIDI Recordingā€™ which doesnā€™t make sense to me. In PLAY there are the click options for sound AND count-in for number of measures. Click works, count-in does not. My confusion regarding this is that ā€˜if it only applies to MIDI recording why is it in the PLAY sectionā€™

Overall, what lookā€™s like a simple question (activating count-in) has gotten quite complicated.

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Select a note or a barline, then right-click>bar numbers>add bar number changeā€¦

Probably because itā€™s about configuring sounds (things that playback).
That wonā€™t change the fact that it only ā€œsoundsā€ when MIDI recording.

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Put the count-in in a separate flow included in the audio export but no thte printed copy. Set the gap between flows to zero in Playback options.

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Thanks @Derrek, was just going to suggest that. Also, you donā€™t have to save the project. Add 3 bars of woodblock, export the audio. File->Revert.

Jesper

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Thank you all for your suggestions and help. I have solved the problem in another program (DAW) where audio processing is the primary function

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It just occurred to me that it would have been nice to let you know why I needed this capability.

Itā€™s for asynchronous recording. I was requested to provide a file that was missing one part and then, after starting, continue without the metronome. This would allow the layer-ing of the recording as it was passed along.

Are there better alternatives? Yes, but this is what the group wanted.