Hello! How can Dorico have smoother playback as it plays in the Finale?
You’re going to have to provide us with more information about exactly what you want.
What sample libraries are you using?
Can you give some audio samples? Or provide an example Dorico project?
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Are you maybe talking about making the green playback line move more smoothly? Dorico can’t do that.
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I am not talking about the sounds but about the playhead!
Dorico currently advances the playhead once per 8th note. However, it is possible to give the illusion that the playhead is advancing once per 16th note or even once per 32nd note. The following project plays the introduction to Debussy’s Clair de lune three times, and in each repetition the playhead seems to advance more smoothly:
Playhead smoothness demo.dorico (814.6 KB)
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Very interesting, how did you create it?
If you turn on the signposts by executing View > Signposts > Hide Signposts, you can see the hidden items which give the illusion of smoother playhead motion in the second and third flows.
The tempos in the three flows are dotted quarter=60, dotted half=60 and dotted whole=60, so each repetition has a tempo which is twice as fast as the previous flow.
The second flow begins with the time signature 9/8,18 to create a bar which has a duration of 18 8th notes. The next bar has the hidden time signature 9/4. Every voice in every bar in the second flow has a hidden tuplet which allows 9 8th notes in the time of 18.
The third flow begins with the time signature 9/8,36 to create a bar which has a duration of 36 8th notes. The next bar has the hidden time signature 9/2. Every voice in every bar in the third flow has a hidden tuplet which allows 9 8th notes in the time of 36.
Because the bars in the second and third flows have two and four times the duration of the bars in the first flow, respectively, note spacing changes are used in the second and third flows to maintain the same bar widths as in the first flow.
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There should be an award for creative workarounds - and perhaps therapy. 
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johnkprice! Thank you very much! 
John . . . you have far too much time on your hands! 
Love it!
Very interesting and clever method, @johnkprice!
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