diff --git a/dlls/dmime/performance.c b/dlls/dmime/performance.c
index 913c9bc5051..bbb075e8645 100644
--- a/dlls/dmime/performance.c
+++ b/dlls/dmime/performance.c
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicPerformance8Impl_Init (LPDIRECTMUSICPERFORMANCE8 ifac
 	  IDirectSound_AddRef((LPDIRECTSOUND) This->pDirectSound);
 	} else {
 	  DirectSoundCreate8(&IID_IDirectSound8, (LPDIRECTSOUND8*) &This->pDirectSound, NULL);
+	  /** 
+	   * as seen in msdn
+	   * 
+	   *  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/directx9_c/directX/htm/idirectmusicperformance8initaudio.asp
+	   */
+	  if (NULL != hWnd) {
+	    IDirectSound8_SetCooperativeLevel(This->pDirectSound, hWnd, DSSCL_PRIORITY);
+	  } else {
+	    /* how to get the ForeGround window handle ? */
+            /*IDirectSound8_SetCooperativeLevel(This->pDirectSound, hWnd, DSSCL_PRIORITY);*/
+	  }
 	  if (!This->pDirectSound)
 	    return DSERR_NODRIVER;
 	}
@@ -88,7 +99,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicPerformance8Impl_Init (LPDIRECTMUSICPERFORMANCE8 ifac
 	  IDirectMusic8_AddRef((LPDIRECTMUSIC8) This->pDirectMusic);
 	} else {
 	  /* app allows the performance to initialise itfself and needs a pointer to object*/
-		CoCreateInstance (&CLSID_DirectMusic, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, &IID_IDirectMusic8, (void**)&This->pDirectMusic);
+          CoCreateInstance (&CLSID_DirectMusic, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, &IID_IDirectMusic8, (void**)&This->pDirectMusic);
 	  if (ppDirectMusic) {
 	    *ppDirectMusic = (LPDIRECTMUSIC) This->pDirectMusic;
 	    IDirectMusic8_AddRef((LPDIRECTMUSIC8) *ppDirectMusic);
@@ -523,8 +534,9 @@ HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicPerformance8ImplInitAudio (LPDIRECTMUSICPERFORMANCE8
 						      DMUS_AUDIOPARAMS* pParams)
 {
 	IDirectSound* dsound;
+	HRESULT hr = S_OK;
 	
-    ICOM_THIS(IDirectMusicPerformance8Impl,iface);
+        ICOM_THIS(IDirectMusicPerformance8Impl,iface);
 	FIXME("(%p, %p, %p, %p, %lx, %lu, %lx, %p): to check\n", This, ppDirectMusic, ppDirectSound, hWnd, dwDefaultPathType, dwPChannelCount, dwFlags, pParams);
 
 	if (This->pDirectMusic || This->pDirectSound)
@@ -550,11 +562,21 @@ HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicPerformance8ImplInitAudio (LPDIRECTMUSICPERFORMANCE8
 	if (NULL != pParams) {
 	  memcpy(&This->pParams, pParams, sizeof(DMUS_AUDIOPARAMS));
 	} else {
-	  /* TODO, how can i fill the struct */
+	  /**
+	   * TODO, how can i fill the struct 
+	   * as seen at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/directx9_c/directX/htm/dmusaudioparams.asp
+	   */
+	  This->pParams.dwSize = sizeof(DMUS_AUDIOPARAMS);
+	  This->pParams.fInitNow = FALSE;
+	  This->pParams.dwValidData = DMUS_AUDIOPARAMS_FEATURES | DMUS_AUDIOPARAMS_VOICES | DMUS_AUDIOPARAMS_SAMPLERATE | DMUS_AUDIOPARAMS_DEFAULTSYNTH;
+	  This->pParams.dwVoices = 64;
+	  This->pParams.dwSampleRate = (DWORD) 22.050; 
+	  This->pParams.dwFeatures = dwFlags;
+	  This->pParams.clsidDefaultSynth = CLSID_DirectMusicSynthSink;
 	}
-	IDirectMusicPerformance8ImplCreateStandardAudioPath(iface, dwDefaultPathType, dwPChannelCount, FALSE, (IDirectMusicAudioPath**) &This->pDefaultPath);
+	hr = IDirectMusicPerformance8ImplCreateStandardAudioPath(iface, dwDefaultPathType, dwPChannelCount, FALSE, (IDirectMusicAudioPath**) &This->pDefaultPath);
 
-	return S_OK;
+	return hr;
 }
 
 HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicPerformance8ImplPlaySegmentEx (LPDIRECTMUSICPERFORMANCE8 iface, IUnknown* pSource, WCHAR* pwzSegmentName, IUnknown* pTransition, DWORD dwFlags, __int64 i64StartTime, IDirectMusicSegmentState** ppSegmentState, IUnknown* pFrom, IUnknown* pAudioPath)
@@ -593,17 +615,24 @@ HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicPerformance8ImplCreateAudioPath (LPDIRECTMUSICPERFORM
 	return S_OK;
 }
 
+/**
+ * see  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/directx9_c/directX/htm/standardaudiopaths.asp
+ */
 HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicPerformance8ImplCreateStandardAudioPath (LPDIRECTMUSICPERFORMANCE8 iface, DWORD dwType, DWORD dwPChannelCount, BOOL fActivate, IDirectMusicAudioPath** ppNewPath)
 {
 	IDirectMusicAudioPathImpl *default_path;
 	DSBUFFERDESC desc;
 	WAVEFORMATEX format;
 	LPDIRECTSOUNDBUFFER8 buffer;
+	HRESULT hr = S_OK;
 
 	ICOM_THIS(IDirectMusicPerformance8Impl,iface);
 	
 	FIXME("(%p)->(%ld, %ld, %d, %p): semi-stub\n", This, dwType, dwPChannelCount, fActivate, ppNewPath);
 
+	if (NULL == ppNewPath) {
+	  return E_POINTER;
+	}
 	default_path = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(IDirectMusicAudioPathImpl));
 	if (NULL == default_path) {
 		*ppNewPath = (LPDIRECTMUSICAUDIOPATH) NULL;
@@ -623,7 +652,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicPerformance8ImplCreateStandardAudioPath (LPDIRECTMUSI
 	format.cbSize = 0;
 	
 	desc.dwSize = sizeof(desc);
-	desc.dwFlags = 0;
+	desc.dwFlags = DSBCAPS_CTRLFX | DSBCAPS_CTRLPAN | DSBCAPS_CTRLVOLUME | DSBCAPS_GLOBALFOCUS;
 	desc.dwBufferBytes = DSBSIZE_MIN;
 	desc.dwReserved = 0;
 	desc.lpwfxFormat = &format;
@@ -631,22 +660,35 @@ HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicPerformance8ImplCreateStandardAudioPath (LPDIRECTMUSI
 	
 	switch(dwType) {
 	case DMUS_APATH_DYNAMIC_3D:
-		desc.dwFlags |= DSBCAPS_CTRL3D;
+                desc.dwFlags |= DSBCAPS_CTRL3D | DSBCAPS_CTRLFREQUENCY | DSBCAPS_MUTE3DATMAXDISTANCE;
 		break;
 	case DMUS_APATH_DYNAMIC_MONO:
+	        desc.dwFlags |= DSBCAPS_CTRLFREQUENCY;
 		break;
-	case DMUS_APATH_SHARED_STEREOPLUSREVERB:	
+	case DMUS_APATH_SHARED_STEREOPLUSREVERB:
+	        /* normally we havet to create 2 buffers (one for music other for reverb) 
+		 * in this case. See msdn
+                 */
 	case DMUS_APATH_DYNAMIC_STEREO:
+		desc.dwFlags |= DSBCAPS_CTRLFREQUENCY;
 		format.nChannels = 2;
 		format.nBlockAlign *= 2;
 		format.nAvgBytesPerSec *=2;
 		break;
 	default:
-		break;
+	        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, default_path); 
+	        *ppNewPath = NULL;
+	        return E_INVALIDARG;
+	        break;
 	}
 
 	/* FIXME: Should we create one secondary buffer for each PChannel? */
-	IDirectSound8_CreateSoundBuffer ((LPDIRECTSOUND8) This->pDirectSound, &desc, &buffer, NULL);
+	hr = IDirectSound8_CreateSoundBuffer ((LPDIRECTSOUND8) This->pDirectSound, &desc, &buffer, NULL);
+	if (FAILED(hr)) {
+	        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, default_path); 
+	        *ppNewPath = NULL;
+	        return DSERR_BUFFERLOST;
+	}
 	default_path->pDSBuffer = (IDirectSoundBuffer*) buffer;
 
 	/* Update description for creating primary buffer */
@@ -654,8 +696,13 @@ HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicPerformance8ImplCreateStandardAudioPath (LPDIRECTMUSI
 	desc.dwBufferBytes = 0;
 	desc.lpwfxFormat = NULL;
 
-	IDirectSound8_CreateSoundBuffer ((LPDIRECTSOUND8) This->pDirectSound, &desc, &buffer, NULL);
-
+	hr = IDirectSound8_CreateSoundBuffer ((LPDIRECTSOUND8) This->pDirectSound, &desc, &buffer, NULL);
+	if (FAILED(hr)) {
+                IDirectSoundBuffer_Release(default_path->pDSBuffer);
+	        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, default_path); 
+	        *ppNewPath = NULL;
+	        return DSERR_BUFFERLOST;
+	}
 	default_path->pPrimary = (IDirectSoundBuffer*) buffer;
 
 	*ppNewPath = (LPDIRECTMUSICAUDIOPATH) default_path;
diff --git a/dlls/dmloader/container.c b/dlls/dmloader/container.c
index dbdaa0e8445..9fd1438e6f1 100644
--- a/dlls/dmloader/container.c
+++ b/dlls/dmloader/container.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI DMUSIC_CreateDirectMusicContainer (LPCGUID lpcGUID, LPDIRECTMUSIC
 {
 	IDirectMusicContainerImpl* dmcon;
 	
-	if (IsEqualIID (lpcGUID, &IID_IDirectMusicBand)) {
+	if (IsEqualIID (lpcGUID, &IID_IDirectMusicContainer)) {
 		dmcon = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(IDirectMusicContainerImpl));
 		if (NULL == dmcon) {
 			*ppDMCon = (LPDIRECTMUSICCONTAINER) NULL;
diff --git a/dlls/dmloader/loader.c b/dlls/dmloader/loader.c
index fd30c1cc38b..3fa1c5e058c 100644
--- a/dlls/dmloader/loader.c
+++ b/dlls/dmloader/loader.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI IDirectMusicLoader8Impl_SetSearchDirectory (LPDIRECTMUSICLOADER8
 {
 	ICOM_THIS(IDirectMusicLoader8Impl,iface);
 
-	TRACE("(%p, %s, %p, %d)\n", This, debugstr_guid(rguidClass), pwzPath, fClear);
+	TRACE("(%p, %s, %s, %d)\n", This, debugstr_guid(rguidClass), debugstr_w(pwzPath), fClear);
 	if (0 == strncmpW(This->wzSearchPath, pwzPath, MAX_PATH)) {
 	  return S_FALSE;
 	} 
diff --git a/dlls/dmloader/loaderstream.c b/dlls/dmloader/loaderstream.c
index cbc3a6179ee..397baeb9516 100644
--- a/dlls/dmloader/loaderstream.c
+++ b/dlls/dmloader/loaderstream.c
@@ -37,18 +37,17 @@ WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(dmloader);
  */
 HRESULT WINAPI ILoaderStream_Attach (ILoaderStream* This, LPCWSTR wzFile, IDirectMusicLoader *pLoader)
 {
-	TRACE("(%p, %s, %p)\n", This, debugstr_w(wzFile), pLoader);
-	ILoaderStream_Detach (This);
-	This->hFile = CreateFileW (wzFile, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
+    TRACE("(%p, %s, %p)\n", This, debugstr_w(wzFile), pLoader);
+    ILoaderStream_Detach (This);
+    This->hFile = CreateFileW (wzFile, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
     if (This->hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-		TRACE(": failed\n");
+        TRACE(": failed\n");
         return E_FAIL;
     }
-	/* create IDirectMusicGetLoader */
-    (LPDIRECTMUSICLOADER)This->pLoader = pLoader;
+    /* create IDirectMusicGetLoader */
+    (LPDIRECTMUSICLOADER) This->pLoader = pLoader;
     strncpyW (This->wzFileName, wzFile, MAX_PATH);
-	TRACE(": succeeded\n");
-	
+    TRACE(": succeeded\n");
     return S_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/dsound.h b/include/dsound.h
index 96da76f6399..82f0e647790 100644
--- a/include/dsound.h
+++ b/include/dsound.h
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ typedef struct _DSCAPS
 #define DSBCAPS_CTRLPAN             0x00000040
 #define DSBCAPS_CTRLVOLUME          0x00000080
 #define DSBCAPS_CTRLPOSITIONNOTIFY  0x00000100
+#define DSBCAPS_CTRLFX              0x00000200
 #define DSBCAPS_CTRLDEFAULT         0x000000E0  /* Pan + volume + frequency. */
 #define DSBCAPS_CTRLALL             0x000001F0  /* All control capabilities */
 #define DSBCAPS_STICKYFOCUS         0x00004000