Grace notes have incorrect playback on percussion kits

Dorico
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(I am using VDL for my marching percussion library)

When I input grace notes/flams that are on different “instruments” (in this case, different drums on a set of tenors) from the principal note, the notes do not playback correctly, and end up playing a different sound from the instrument.

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I’m not sure if I have something set up incorrectly, or if this is just a bug that needs to be fixed.

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Can you attach the project itself here?

Grace notes are really just the same as other notes, so they should play the same instruments as full-size notes written at the same staff position.

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Here is the project:

DrumArch1 - Flam Error.dorico (1.6 MB)

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Thanks. It does look as if Dorico is outputting different pitches for the grace notes depending on whether there is a “normal” note written on the same instrument, which doesn’t seem right. I will need to set aside some time to look into this, as I don’t have time right now in the heat of the influx of Finale users. Sorry for the inconvenience in the meantime.

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