Dorico feature requests related to playback and playhead:
- On “follow playhead” mode (especially in gallery view), advance the screen early, before the playhead goes out of sight – ensure that the screen advance is predictable.
- Smooth the playhead’s movement (as opposed to herky-jerky motions on the beat subdivision) and make it move slightly ahead of the playback sound, rather than slightly behind.
My students struggle to follow it when we sing together in class – they are accustomed to Sight Reading Factory’s smooth-moving playhead, and Finale’s, which is also smooth and predictable. Given how advanced Dorico in comparison to Finale in many other areas, especially visually, it’s odd to me that the playhead movement and appearance is so primative.
I see other request of this kind, and I’ve posted on it before. Just making it an official request.