Dorico 3 Crashes when edit pitch bend data

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Thank you very much for both of your kind answers. Paul, how do I kill the VSTAudioEngine process after force quitting Dorico?

Here’s a screen recording of everything I described (see below). I can positively confirm it happens each and every time I try it. I’ll describe the steps.

  1. Open a file.
  2. Look for a pitch bend modification.
  3. Click on a node of the control lane.
  4. Dorico crashes immediately. (This is Crash A)
  5. Open the file again. This time, the playback button is grayed out, and it’s impossible to play sounds.
  6. Look for the exact same pitch bend modification.
  7. Click the exact same node that caused Crash A.
  8. This time, no crash. Everything seems normal. I can modify the node with no problem.
  9. I try to save the file (for the new modifications).
  10. Dorico freezes.
  11. I force quit Dorico.
  12. Open the file again. This time, playback is back to normal. No problems.
  13. Look for the exact same pitch bend modification.
  14. Click the exact same node that caused Crash A, but worked normally before freezing.
  15. Dorico crashes immediately. (This is Crash B)
    [From here, I could repeat steps 5 to 15 indefinitely; it’s always the same]
    In order to break the cycle, this time…
  16. I open Dorico (without opening the file).
  17. When the quick start screen appears, I quit normally Dorico.
  18. I open the initial file again.
  19. Everything works just fine. Playback is good.
  20. Look for the exact same pitch bend modification.
  21. Click the exact same node that caused Crash A and Crash B.
  22. NO crash. Everything seems normal. I can modify the node without a problem.
  23. I save the file (for the new modifications). It saves perfectly. No freezing, no crashing.
  24. I can keep working as if there was no problem; I can modify pitch bend anywhere, in any instrument… until Dorico decides it’s time to begin again.

Sorry, I can’t find a way of attaching the screen recording because of file size; I’ve downgraded it to 480p, but it’s still 49+ MB. Here’s the DB link to access both the screen recording and the Dorico file I used: Dropbox - Crash example - Simplify your life