Hi, the answer is....no...if the load all content option is cehcked, that data get loaded once. When you do Set MyObject = Segment1, MyObject merely points to the original segment object. So, the extra RAM is almost nothing. -Scott Morgan http://Morganstudios.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stroud" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 5:59 AM Subject: [directmusic] Set Variable to Object > > Hello everybody, > > Does anyone know if an object and it contents (i.e. a segment with a wave > track) are fully loaded into memory if a variable is set to such an object? > > Set MyObject = Segment1 > > Assuming "Load all content...." is on, will I be using up more RAM by using > this method? > > If it does, would it be the segment info or it's entire content, waves and > all that were loaded into memory? > > You catch my drift? > > Paul >