Program crashes to desktop when attempting to move percussion instruments between kits

Not sure if this is a known issue or w/e. I had a score with two percussion parts, and due to the large number of instruments held by percussionist 1, decided midway through to move some of them to a new percussion 3 part. However, when I attempt to drag an instrument from the percussion 1 kit into the percussion 3 kit, Dorico crashes. Is there a software update I’m missing, or is this just not possible at the moment? (The ~manual~ method, i.e., detaching the instrument from the percussion 1 kit and then adding it to the percussion 3 kit via “Add Existing Instrument From Player…”, still works.)

Does it happen consistently? If so, attach your project here with the exact steps to reproduce the crash. A Diagnostics Report can’t hurt either.

Project is too big to attach, but here’s the diagnostic report and steps taken (relevant ones are the last few entries after 19:09:33)
application.1.log.zip (6.8 KB)
Dorico 5_2024-11-18-191041_naomis-iMac.crash (123.1 KB)

You can cut the project down to the minimal amount and also apply the Silence Playback Template.

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Fair, just had to make sure I was deleting all the music in a copy as opposed to the main project :sweat_smile: Steps taken are same as in the above log:

  • Setup mode
  • Open Edit Percussion Kit (Percussion 1)
  • Drag one instrument from Edit Percussion 1 kit window onto Percussion 3 kit in sidebar

symphony [2013] test.dorico (1.8 MB)

Thanks for uploading the project.

I can reproduce this crash. It even happens in a new project.

N.B. I’m not sure if it’s intended that you can drag Instruments from the Edit Percussion Kit dialog into an existing Player. Perhaps there’s more information in the manual about this.

hmm. I’m fairly sure it used to work this way in 4 (i.e., without removing the instrument from the kit first), but I could be imagining things.

I’m not sure how one drags an instrument out of a Kit. The kit does allow one to “export” the instrument from the kit into the same Player as an independent instrument. Is that what you are doing before trying to drag the “exported” instrument to another Player?

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