Dorico project deactivates and reactivates everytime I copy and paste notes

Dorico
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Every time I copy and paste any figure, dynamics… anything and paste it to anoter instrument or bar in the same part, Dorico project deactvates and reactivates. The problem is taht it takes a few seconds to be again “re-connected”, so during this time I can’t do anything. I have to wait to continue working, and it freezes a few seconds after reactivation. I attach a short video showing this behaviour.

I have not found any parameter that I can change in the configuration to solve this issue.

I’m using he latest Dorico version (Version 6.2.30.6245 ) and Note Performer. I’ve tried with another Playback template. but the behaviour is the same.

Thanks in advance.

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I notice that you have a video in this project. What happens if you remove the video?

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I can reproduce the behavior with the playback toolbar flickering after a paste operation, but I’m not sure what you mean about not being able to do anything for a few seconds after that. I find that Dorico continues to be immediately responsive, including playback. This is true with or without a video attached in my project.

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Hi: It’s not the playback toolbar, but the button to activate or deactivate the project. Although it’s just a moment, Dorico takes a few seconds after that to leave me click or doing anything. It seems to reloads the entire playback template each time.

It’s the same behaviour without video.

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It’s the same behaviour without video. In fact, I’ve added the video today but I noticed the problem a few days ago, with no video in the project

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That button is on the playback toolbar; for me, on Windows 11, the whole toolbar flickers, and that button briefly turns off and back on. But I’m not seeing any disruption in usability.

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But it shouldn’t do this. The problem is the time (2-3 seconds) it takes to be “ready” again. If I click anywherre during these seconds, Dorico doesn’t react.

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You’re right, the activation light does go off and on. But it’s a fraction of a second for me.

I’d suggest uploading a Diagnostic report, so the team can see why yours is taking so long.

I don’t know if it’s always done this, but I’ve never noticed it before.

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I agree. I was just confirming that I see some of the same behavior that you do, but not the 2-3 second delay.

I never noticed it either. I can reproduce in 6.2.20, haven’t tried earlier versions.

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Thanks. I attach here the disgnostics report.
Dorico Diagnostics.zip (2.8 MB)

I hope it helps..

Francisco

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Thank you very much. I hope it helps for Steinberg to solve it, being something that is reproductible

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Notice that if you use Alt - click to copy the selection to a new location, it doesn’t happen. You should find this much faster.

I’ve tested Dorico 5, and that behaves in the same way.

Weirdly, the Noteperformer play template is being re-applied when you paste:

2026-06-11 11:37:40.959 [info] Executing command: Edit.Paste
2026-06-11 11:37:41.121 [info] Applying playback template playbacktemplate.noteperformer, (incremental)
2026-06-11 11:37:41.384 [info] Syncing Audio Engine
2026-06-11 11:37:42.742 [info] notifyPostCommandExecute: Edit.Paste (1782 ms)

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But when I paste, it’s a lot faster, even for a large document for full orchestra.
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2026-06-11 18:00:05.729 [info] Executing command: Edit.Paste
2026-06-11 18:00:05.837 [info] Applying playback template playbacktemplate.noteperformer, (incremental)
2026-06-11 18:00:05.890 [info] Syncing Audio Engine
2026-06-11 18:00:06.099 [info] notifyPostCommandExecute: Edit.Paste (369 ms)