Triplets when entering Percussion simultaneously

While creating rhythmic dictations in Dorico using a standard drum set I noticed some unexpected behavior with triplets:

If I tap or click on the triplets button and enter one up-stem and one down-stem instrument (snare and kick drum in my case) simultaneously via a MIDI-Keyboard or with the on screen pads on iPad I would expect both voices to be entered as triplets. Unfortunately only the instrument that the cursor currently shows will do so. If you continue to enter simultaneous notes the notation starts to get really weird.

I’m fine with workarounds but still would love Dorico to improve on that.

Yes, you’re right: if you play multiple notes that will end up in two separate kit voices, Dorico doesn’t “know” that it needs to add the tuplet in both voices. This is certainly something we should improve in future.

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