Bug Voice Memo and Smart Play lists

Hi all,
I have an iPod Touch 3rd with firmware version 3.2.1 and ITunes 9.0.2
I´ve just found a weird bug related to smart play lists and Voice Memos.
If you create a smart play list with the rules 1 and 2 or rules 3 and 4 (described bellow) this list will not sync with your Ipod.
1-Media kind is not Music
2-Media kind is Voice Memo
or:
3-Media kind is not Voice Memo
4-Media kind is Music
For instance, If you create a smart play list with rules 3 and 4 (if you want to listen only to music) the smart play list will not sync with your Ipod.
It sounds to be an ITunes' bug...
Does anyone know a work around to this issue?
Thanks in advance,
Roger

Any ideas?
It sounds to be a bug in Itunes...
It is very annoying as you can't create a smart play list only with music (excluding Voice memos). For instance, every new voice memo included is automatically added into "Recently added" play list, and it is not possible to include a filter to exclude voice memos within it.
thanks in advance

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