Dynamics not responding in one part

Dorico
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I’m encountering a baffling playback issue that affects only one part in a score I’m working on. As shown below, the dynamics in this part are not being recognised by NotePerformer - the piano marking is ignored:

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However, when I copy the same material into a new project, everything plays back correctly.

Resetting playback overrides hasn’t helped.

What other factors might affect the playback of dynamics?

Here’s a timed down project that illustrates the issue:

Dynamics issue - tenor sax.dorico (3.5 MB)

ps Ignore the current layout of the score - this part, and many others, will eventually be cued in a Keys part or used for a click track (with higher-quality sounds… NotePerformer’s saxes aren’t exactly the most realistic!).

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I’m not sure why, but it looks like if you activate Independent Voice Playback for this staff, it works:

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Many thanks for the suggestion, Charles - it works! Like you, I have no idea why. Interestingly, in a new project, dynamic playback works perfectly even without enabling independent voices. Perplexing…

Updated sax project.dorico (518.1 KB)

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It could be because in this new project you’re only using one voice in this staff, while in the one from your first post you’re using two (a second one starting at bar 9).
I’m afraid I can’t tell you much more than that!

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