Selecting by Equalizer in Smart Playlists

is there a particular reason iTunes won't let you build Smart Playlists by Equalizer setting? I've been looking for that feature to show up for the last 20 updates and it never does....

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MJ

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Thanks for the response. I had thought of that and "no" I do not (and did not).
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply. This worked but it doesnt seem to be consistent.. not sure if the fact that I have a smart playlist based on another smart playlist (only because I want 5 anded conditions + 1 or'd which is playcount=0) and hence something goes wrong?
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I tried to make a smart playlist by selecting "Playlist" "is" "[names of each playlist]." But nothing happened.
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If so, change the all to any, as per the following screenshot:

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Selecting by Equalizer in Smart Playlists

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