Delaying the start of glissandos in playback

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Dorico Pro
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4.3
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English
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You can delay the start of glissandos in playback so that they start partway through their duration. By default, glissandos sound for their full duration in playback.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing Graphic Editing button is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Procedure

  1. Select the glissando lines whose playback start you want to delay. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Delayed start in the Glissando Lines group.
  3. Optional: If you want to specify exactly how far through the glissando lines playback starts, activate Delay and change the value in the value field.

    The value represents fractions of a quarter note. For example, 1/2 delays the start of glissandos by an eighth note.

Result

If you activated Delayed start only, playback of the selected glissando lines starts halfway through their duration.

If you also activated Delay, playback of the selected glissando lines follows your set value.