I've diligently reviewed the manual (p. 69-70), various help pages and videos for the microchords feature, and it all seems pretty straightforward--but I can't get it to work. I'm using the =HANK_P.STY style as I write, but I have the same problem with other styles.

As the attached notation snippet shows, I'm in 4/4 time at 60 bpm. I'm trying to create a pretty simple rhythm: Em for one eighth note followed by D held throughout the rest of the measure, all instruments in unison. That rhythm then repeats on the following measure with C and Bm. The eighth note could be staccato but I'd like to have the option of having it full value so that I can go back and forth between the two.

When I try to set it up without underlying main chords, as in the screenshot of the microchord box, nothing plays, even though all tracks are included. When I try to set it up with underlying chords, as in the screenshot of the chord sheet, the rhythm is wrong. The D gets played twice, just as I would expect, but not what I want. If I take out the underlying D, I get the initial Em, but that seems to be from the main chord only as I don't hear anything from the microchords.

How do I troubleshoot this?

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