Playback drops notes

Dorico
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Notes are dropping after the initial attack in some of my scores. I havent had this problem in any files except ones using this specific template, as far as I’ve noticed (but maybe it has happened and I haven’t noticed). It’s not a big deal, but I am just wondering why it is happening.

In this arrangement it is happening in the last 4-5 measures in multiple instruments:

My Old Flame.dorico (1.1 MB)

I use noteperformer and because I have an old computer I am limited to this version of Dorico:

Version 5.1.51.2153 (Aug 6 2024)

Dorico 5 AudioEngine Version 5.6.41.124

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Hi @piping_hot_licks ,
do those drop outs also happen during audio export with you?
I tried playback with Dorico 5 on my machine and seem to have no issues with dropping notes. Could you maybe make a simple recording via smartphone so that I (we) could hear what you are hearing during playback?
Thanks

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This is very strange.
It appears to be related to the swing, but it only affects the Violin 1 (not Violin 2).

If you change tempo back to straight in bar 66, the problem goes away. But it persists if you change to straight in bar 67.

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You’re right, removing swing “fixes” it. But the point is to give the band a quick listen before rehearsal (mainly for the non-reader in the band–you guessed it, the guitar) so obvs swing is more important than a couple notes dropping here and there.

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:joy:

Jesper

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it does cut out on export as well. Here are the last few measures (starts at pick up to 65) from an export.

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I don’t have a solution. I was just trying to help with the identification of the problem.

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What if you try and change the violins to a percussive sound, does that get played even with swing switched on. Maybe the string sound has a too long attack time and therefore the short notes don’t get played.

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It’s only in those couple measures though.

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I don’t know, it’s not my field of expertise here. Maybe my dear colleague @dspreadbury can say something about it.

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