Good. I'm sure that was your problem. No, secondary segments should not have tempo tracks. That would compete with the tempo track in the primary segment. Actually, I'm pretty sure that in DX8 and on this is not a problem, the secondary segment tempo track is ignored. Todor -----Original Message----- From: directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Difool Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 11:33 AM To: directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [directmusic] RE : Re: Primary and secondary segments... No, I didn't insert a tempo track. I'll do that. BTW do I have to add a tempo to the secondary segments as well? Or a tempo track in the primary segment is enough? -----Message d'origine----- De=A0: directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Todor Fay Envoy=E9=A0: mardi 18 f=E9vrier 2003 06:26 =C0=A0: directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Objet=A0: [directmusic] Re: Primary and secondary segments... Does the segment have a tempo track? If it doesn't, that is why you are getting the message. Playing as a primary does not automatically install a tempo track; that must be authored in the first place.=20 Todor -----Original Message----- From: directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Difool Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 12:52 PM To: directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [directmusic] Primary and secondary segments... Hi, I would like to know what makes a segment the primary segment and what makes others the secondaries? The only difference I see is the flag in the PlaysegmentEx (DMUS_SEGF_SECONDARY or not), is that it? I am asking this because I want to set the tempo in the primary segment (default control segment) but what seems to be the primary segment (the only one I play without the DMUS_SEGF_SECONDARY flag) keeps returning the error message "the requested track is not contained by the segment" when I use the Setparam function. What am I missing? Thanks in advance.