DynamicPlaybackWeirdness.dorico (658.1 KB)
This plays back merrily at a piano dynamic until m. 17, when everything is suddenly loud. Is it simply an artifact of going from a few instruments to the whole ensemble? I don’t think so for reasons below.
This piece is imported from Music XML files generated either from Finale by way of PhotoScore [don’t ask : ( ]. Other pieces I’ve generated either simply by manual entry or imports via MusicXML from Sibelius play back as expected.
Also in those other files, gradual tempo changes and fermatas play back as expected, but in the file at issue from which this excerpt is extracted, tempo changes and fermatas are also ignored. So I’m wondering if something about the Music XML source or import is wonky.
Would it help if I were to attach the relevant MusicXML file?
Further info. Erasing the piano dynamic at m. 17 and re-entering it manually doesn’t help. Also, later in the movement, dynamics do play back normally.