Hi Dale and Sherry,

You're dead right: the early shut-off of sound can ruin an otherwise good recording. Adding extra measures can take care of the problem sometimes, but sometimes it doesn't, especially when a cymbal or gong, which sounds beyond the specified note duration, is involved. I have found only one sure way to get all the intended sound, and that is to add an empty measure or three and at the end of the last one add a note (on any staff) and set the note velocity to 0.

I think that Composer or the recorder stops after the last tick, not the last sound, so there needs to be a note after the sound has had time to fade.

all best,
mgj