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Single staccato dot shortens note far too much (Muse Sounds, Violins)

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Description

Issue type

Muse Sounds bug

Bug description

At a slowish tempo, e.g. q=60, staccato dots on relatively long note values (1/4 notes, 1/2 notes) are played staccatissimo, with almost no sustaining of the note length at all.

Steps to reproduce
  1. Create a new score with Violins 1/Muse Sounds
  2. Add a q=50 tempo marking
  3. Add some 1/4 notes
  4. Play it back - the notes are played super staccatissimo, as though they were notated as 1/8 notes with rests between them.
  5. Add a slur across the notes & play it back again - sounds the same.

A good example of this would be Beethoven Violin Sonata, slow movement, violin section:

https://youtu.be/DoVwXtJkycU?t=1971

Certainly for the first 1/4 note (before the horns enter) it's very easy to hear how long the sound is sustained - I'd say at least half the note duration. Muse Strings leave a huge gap though.

Even the start of Beethoven 7th's slow movement (with MM=~76, though often taken slightly slower) has staccato 1/4 notes that sound far too short when played back using Muse Strings.

BTW the problem also happens with CineStrings, though I logged it separately against that library via Muse Hub.
Sample score here: https://musescore.com/user/7209246/scores/20305054/s/isK5tj

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MuseScore Version

4.3

Regression

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Operating system

Windows 11

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