I have opened a project (call it project A), made some changes and saved as project B. So both projects have nearly identical VSTs setup.
I closed Dorico. Then open project B with playback activated. Made some changes, then open project A with playback deactivated, because I want to check with the version before I made changes for reference. Now I see project A loads VSTs although the play button is disabled. Clicking notes in project A make sound.
Then I play project B. The green playhead line in project B does not move. Project A has a moving green playhead line. I can’t tell if it is playing project A or B, because they are so similar.
Then I closed project A. Sometimes Dorico becomes unresponsive while closing project A. Now, hitting the play button in project B does not play. I must restart Dorico in order to play project B again.
Not sure if it relates to the issue VSTAudioEngine memory leak . But this issue is more serious as it affects my workflow.
In the Dorico Preferences there is an option for exactly this kind of situation which tells what shall happen when a second project gets loaded. I’m on a smartphone currently so can’t look up where exactly this option is to be found.
I believe whatever combinations of what configuration and user interaction are made, it should not cause a project’s green playhead line to be frozen upon clicking the “play” button. Note that when project’s playback is deactivated, the “play” button is not clickable.
Not to say I have set project activation to “Ask”,
