Voices: can I reduce their number?

[Christian_R]

@RichardTownsend
the Remove Rests command activates this very same options (Start Voice, End Voice) in the appropriate places automatically. Sometimes the commands Start Voice, and sometimes End Voice will not work, if applied directly in some complex cases:

Starts Voice property rarely works

The specific conditions under which the Starts voice property takes effect are complicated. Without auditing the code or asking the developer who originally implemented it to give me his best recollection of all of the conditions, I can’t tell you for sure. The fundamental complexity is that, in common with some other properties, the Starts voice property does not operate atomically, i.e. it depends on the properties set on other notes or rests in the same voice. This is the main reason why we…