diff --git a/gradint-build/Makefile b/gradint-build/Makefile
index da149868e69322289451626b2a2bb79ea3f1d545..3c3e94308a523e13e276f19cb847e894db335603 100644
--- a/gradint-build/Makefile
+++ b/gradint-build/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of the source code of
-# gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
+# gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
diff --git a/gradint-build/src/booktime.py b/gradint-build/src/booktime.py
index f4191b4a5e6db13a2f6a8700532074bbcd9428c0..c4be27627c1073ff6fa3d62469f1c3f533c7b966 100644
--- a/gradint-build/src/booktime.py
+++ b/gradint-build/src/booktime.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of the source code of
-# gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
+# gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
diff --git a/gradint-build/src/filescan.py b/gradint-build/src/filescan.py
index 6ea3dd58c4f017cbc4d36a09ce35f86db1438ec9..0b004bd9eabc6f2667e576931af40e297b307db6 100644
--- a/gradint-build/src/filescan.py
+++ b/gradint-build/src/filescan.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of the source code of
-# gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
+# gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
diff --git a/gradint-build/src/frontend.py b/gradint-build/src/frontend.py
index 9262fd7afedadc662d04b59786136bcf531c2b1a..346716e75ac77aaf90a2b03289fa5151c13c9e5e 100644
--- a/gradint-build/src/frontend.py
+++ b/gradint-build/src/frontend.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of the source code of
-# gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
+# gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
diff --git a/gradint-build/src/lessonplan.py b/gradint-build/src/lessonplan.py
index d375c4033d453869f6c2595512bb12df590bae60..acd56a10e6bdd1c0fd2496460ff3178602ec120b 100644
--- a/gradint-build/src/lessonplan.py
+++ b/gradint-build/src/lessonplan.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of the source code of
-# gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
+# gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
diff --git a/gradint-build/src/loop.py b/gradint-build/src/loop.py
index c176a30149fed9843be554810837df302c56afc8..6e2ce7e3089643bfb1f4dc0655bc7298ce6392d5 100644
--- a/gradint-build/src/loop.py
+++ b/gradint-build/src/loop.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of the source code of
-# gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
+# gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
diff --git a/gradint-build/src/makeevent.py b/gradint-build/src/makeevent.py
index 85a60e403a0669a7b721b6a23c7a5f5a1c2028b6..1640bf269df043efcc5c09f4d8cc42a2a7c00999 100644
--- a/gradint-build/src/makeevent.py
+++ b/gradint-build/src/makeevent.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of the source code of
-# gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
+# gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def fileToEvent(fname,dirBase=None):
     if dirBase==None: dirBase=samplesDirectory
     if dirBase: dirBase += os.sep
     orig_fname = fname
-    if os.sep in fname: dirBase,fname = dirBase+fname[:fname.rindex(os.sep)+1], fname[fname.rindex(os.sep)+1:]
+    if os.sep in fname and fname.find("!synth:")==-1: dirBase,fname = dirBase+fname[:fname.rindex(os.sep)+1], fname[fname.rindex(os.sep)+1:]
     if "_" in fname: lang = languageof(fname)
     else: lang="-unknown-" # so can take a simple wav file, e.g. for endAnnouncement
     if dirBase+fname in variantFiles:
diff --git a/gradint-build/src/play.py b/gradint-build/src/play.py
index 5f75bf6e7ee4bd45d7da39c152392e143e634bb9..5996bb20d8ae6ddedb635f1059b6ec1bb6cc53f8 100644
--- a/gradint-build/src/play.py
+++ b/gradint-build/src/play.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of the source code of
-# gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
+# gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
diff --git a/gradint-build/src/recording.py b/gradint-build/src/recording.py
index d02f6600dc4975b6da0a002670993f8bbed213d7..9fbc0790357264d2c8bd3c65d85cfcd8c51435b4 100644
--- a/gradint-build/src/recording.py
+++ b/gradint-build/src/recording.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of the source code of
-# gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
+# gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
diff --git a/gradint-build/src/sequence.py b/gradint-build/src/sequence.py
index 4252a459b907a6520136028eb84bee70fd122bda..00d3acde214efb8c36acb0ef8616cca5c908ea3e 100644
--- a/gradint-build/src/sequence.py
+++ b/gradint-build/src/sequence.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of the source code of
-# gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
+# gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
diff --git a/gradint-build/src/synth.py b/gradint-build/src/synth.py
index fbacf6434c3b6a57188fa2675873fa44cdf24174..3dbdcf533d42d7ed57ba4a0e535e2eb9edb68c10 100644
--- a/gradint-build/src/synth.py
+++ b/gradint-build/src/synth.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of the source code of
-# gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
+# gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
diff --git a/gradint-build/src/system.py b/gradint-build/src/system.py
index 6186f949640bb2231bf563e411f70a327f912b44..8f3c8851762b6b9cbf836095bed8b79a0f5ac933 100644
--- a/gradint-build/src/system.py
+++ b/gradint-build/src/system.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of the source code of
-# gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
+# gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
diff --git a/gradint-build/src/top.py b/gradint-build/src/top.py
index e972fd7e812a646742887f2ed90f021b438ebbc4..239f6542fdec79e4c6d7855925b9225f59e7b30f 100644
--- a/gradint-build/src/top.py
+++ b/gradint-build/src/top.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-program_name = "gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+."
+program_name = "gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+."
 
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/gradint-build/thindown.py b/gradint-build/thindown.py
index b331a8928713603c2a366838c3238cd1ace4245f..50bf3e9de385ae41cd27b309dae8a61513ed8867 100644
--- a/gradint-build/thindown.py
+++ b/gradint-build/thindown.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of the source code of
-# gradint v0.9942 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
+# gradint v0.9943 (c) 2002-2009 Silas S. Brown. GPL v3+.
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or