diff --git a/stepmania/src/NoteData.cpp b/stepmania/src/NoteData.cpp
index cb9d3af8fa..1187b96076 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NoteData.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NoteData.cpp
@@ -472,6 +472,9 @@ void NoteData::LoadTransformed( const NoteData* pOriginal, int iNewNumTracks, co
 
 void NoteData::LoadOverlapped( const NoteData* pOriginal, int iNewNumTracks )
 {
+	// ??? Something is not right here - either we're not being called,
+	// or we're not working correctly at all. :-/
+
 	SetNumTracks( iNewNumTracks );
 
 	NoteData in;
@@ -491,6 +494,14 @@ void NoteData::LoadOverlapped( const NoteData* pOriginal, int iNewNumTracks )
 			if( GetTapNote(iTrackTo, row) == TAP_HOLD )
 				continue;
 
+			// Whoever rewrote the function:
+			// This transfers EMPTY steps over as well...
+			// ...so it's been fixed.  Should I define operator| for
+			// TapNote so that it combines tracks? :-P
+
+			if( iStepFrom == TAP_EMPTY )
+				continue;
+
 			SetTapNote( iTrackTo, row, iStepFrom );
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/stepmania/src/NoteTypes.h b/stepmania/src/NoteTypes.h
index 50c450544d..1c1727150e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NoteTypes.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/NoteTypes.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ typedef unsigned char TapNote;
 
 static const TapNote TAP_EMPTY		= '0';
 static const TapNote TAP_TAP		= '1'; /* impatient? */
-static const TapNote TAP_HOLD_HEAD	= '2';	// graded liuke a TA_TAP
+static const TapNote TAP_HOLD_HEAD	= '2';	// graded like a TAP_TAP
 
 /* In 2sand3s mode, holds are deleted and TAP_HOLD_END is added: */
 static const TapNote TAP_HOLD_TAIL	= '3';
@@ -37,6 +37,38 @@ static const TapNote TAP_ADDITION	= '5';
 // mine note - don't step!
 static const TapNote TAP_MINE		= '6';
 
+// MD 11/12/03 - for future modifiers
+// TAP_ADD_HOLD is to TAP_HOLD what TAP_ADDITION is to TAP_TAP.
+// There is no equivalent for TAP_MINE.
+static const TapNote TAP_ADD_HOLD	= '7';
+
+// BM-specific
+// Removed taps, e.g. in Little - play keysounds here as if
+// judged Perfect, but don't bother rendering or judging this
+// step.  Also used for when we implement auto-scratch in BM,
+// and for if/when we do a "reduce" modifier that cancels out
+// all but N keys on a line [useful for BM->DDR autogen, too].
+static const TapNote TAP_REMOVED	= '8';
+
+// KM-specific
+// Removed hold body (...why?) - acts as follows:
+// 1 - if we're using a sustained-sound gametype [Keyboardmania], and
+//     we've already hit the start of the sound (?? we put Holds Off on?)
+//     then this is triggered automatically to keep the sound going
+// 2 - if we're NOT [anything else], we ignore this.
+// Equivalent to all 4s aside from the first one.
+static const TapNote TAP_REMOVED_HOLD_BODY	= ':';
+
+// KM-specific
+// A hold removed by Little, I guess.
+static const TapNote TAP_REMOVED_HOLD_HEAD	= '.';
+
+// KM-specific
+// Kills an auto-sound from a hold.
+static const TapNote TAP_REMOVED_HOLD_TAIL	= '\'';
+
+// MD 11/12/03 end
+
 // attack note start.  Use lowercase letters a-z.
 // Don't use uppercase letters - 'M' it taken for mine.
 static const TapNote TAP_ATTACK_BEGIN	= 'a';
@@ -81,8 +113,8 @@ enum NoteType
 	// MD 11/02/03 - added finer divisions
 	NOTE_TYPE_48TH, // forty-eighth note
 	NOTE_TYPE_64TH,	// sixty-fourth note
-	// 96ths and 192nds have no place here - if you're using them,
-	// you have already failed as a stepmaker.  :-)
+	// Not having this triggers asserts all over the place.  Go figure.
+	NOTE_TYPE_192ND,
 	NUM_NOTE_TYPES,
 	NOTE_TYPE_INVALID
 };
diff --git a/stepmania/src/NotesWriterDWI.cpp b/stepmania/src/NotesWriterDWI.cpp
index 68f912eb1c..02014e1294 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NotesWriterDWI.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NotesWriterDWI.cpp
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ void NotesWriterDWI::WriteDWINotesField( FILE* fp, const Steps &out, int start )
 			ASSERT(0);
 			// fall though
 		case NOTE_TYPE_48TH:
+		case NOTE_TYPE_192ND:
 		case NOTE_TYPE_INVALID:
 			// since, for whatever reason, the only way to do
 			// 48ths is through a block of 192nds...
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ void NotesWriterDWI::WriteDWINotesField( FILE* fp, const Steps &out, int start )
 			fprintf( fp, "}" );
 			break;
 		case NOTE_TYPE_48TH:
+		case NOTE_TYPE_192ND:
 		case NOTE_TYPE_INVALID:
 			fprintf( fp, "'" );
 			break;