Start or Stop Playback ( Play From Location: Selection ) BUG

Dorico
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I noticed that if you add a repeat right after a 2nd ending, the P command starts acting funny. Selecting something after that repeat makes the playback start from a place that’s equal distance from the start of the score to the distance from the repeat to the selection.

It started working after deleting it, but I was scrathing my head for a while and actually I would prefer to have the repeat there. I guess this wouldn’t happen in a normal score, but as I’m writing educational material where I actually would want the score to indicate that the student is supposed to loop the passage with alternating endings it messes things up.

A related issue. After a 2nd ending at the end of my score the playback jumps to the beginning and skips the first repetition. Again it’s caused by a repeat right after the 2nd ending.

Other than that I love how my workflow has become faster after starting using Dorico, so thanks!

2

Do you mean a start repeat barline, or another end repeat? Could you perhaps attach a minimal example that reproduces the problem? Thanks!

3

Hey, I must’ve missed your reply and maybe this is fixed on the new version already, but on 3.5 it still does this. Here’s a small video demonstrating the issue. https://www.dropbox.com/s/utl8uuncmw2jrz2/Repeat%20glitch.mov?dl=0

4

Can you attach the project itself here, as well? In your video, you’re definitely hitting P after you select the note in the first ending?

5

Sure, here it is. And yeah, I’m hitting P.

Backup Patterns.dorico (443.1 KB)

6

Your repeat structure is badly configured (remove the end-repeat in bar 17).

7

I know, and it’s that way on purpose for clarity purposes explained in my original post. The actual work got done long ago and this bug doesn’t bother me too much, but I thought I’d report it as it reveals unlogical behaviour with the playback engine.

8

No it does not. Any musician would have problems working out where that stranded repeat should go back to.

9

…and would sightread one part while playing another?