diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_source.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_source.h
index 6a55398ca9..7f2ddfbc22 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_source.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_source.h
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ class LIBARDOUR_API MidiSource : virtual public Source, public boost::enable_sha
 	                              framecnt_t                         cnt,
 	                              MidiStateTracker*                  tracker,
 	                              MidiChannelFilter*                 filter,
-	                              const std::set<Evoral::Parameter>& filtered) const;
+	                              const std::set<Evoral::Parameter>& filtered,
+				      double                             beat,
+				      double                             start_beat) const;
 
 	/** Write data from a MidiRingBuffer to this source.
 	 *  @param source Source to read from.
diff --git a/libs/ardour/midi_region.cc b/libs/ardour/midi_region.cc
index e64a343e68..6dd7fc61ae 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/midi_region.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/midi_region.cc
@@ -331,7 +331,9 @@ MidiRegion::_read_at (const SourceList&              /*srcs*/,
 			to_read, // read duration in frames
 			tracker,
 			filter,
-			_filtered_parameters
+			_filtered_parameters,
+			beat(),
+			_start_beats.val().to_double()
 		    ) != to_read) {
 		return 0; /* "read nothing" */
 	}
diff --git a/libs/ardour/midi_source.cc b/libs/ardour/midi_source.cc
index b8afba6b3f..70364b6841 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/midi_source.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/midi_source.cc
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "ardour/midi_source.h"
 #include "ardour/midi_state_tracker.h"
 #include "ardour/session.h"
+#include "ardour/tempo.h"
 #include "ardour/session_directory.h"
 #include "ardour/source_factory.h"
 
@@ -192,9 +193,11 @@ MidiSource::midi_read (const Lock&                        lm,
                        framecnt_t                         cnt,
                        MidiStateTracker*                  tracker,
                        MidiChannelFilter*                 filter,
-                       const std::set<Evoral::Parameter>& filtered) const
+                       const std::set<Evoral::Parameter>& filtered,
+		       double                             beat,
+		       double                             start_beat) const
 {
-	BeatsFramesConverter converter(_session.tempo_map(), source_start);
+	//BeatsFramesConverter converter(_session.tempo_map(), source_start);
 
 	DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::MidiSourceIO,
 	             string_compose ("MidiSource::midi_read() %5 sstart %1 start %2 cnt %3 tracker %4\n",
@@ -247,12 +250,14 @@ MidiSource::midi_read (const Lock&                        lm,
 			 * some way (maybe keep an iterator per playlist).
 			 */
 			for (i = _model->begin(); i != _model->end(); ++i) {
-				const framecnt_t time_frames = converter.to(i->time());
-				if (time_frames >= start) {
+				if (i->time().to_double() + (beat - start_beat) >= beat) {
 					break;
 				}
 			}
 			_model_iter_valid = true;
+			if (!linear_read) {
+				_model->active_notes().clear();
+			}
 #endif
 		}
 
@@ -260,21 +265,21 @@ MidiSource::midi_read (const Lock&                        lm,
 
 		// Copy events in [start, start + cnt) into dst
 		for (; i != _model->end(); ++i) {
-			const framecnt_t time_frames = converter.to(i->time());
-			if (time_frames < start + cnt) {
+			const framecnt_t time_frames = _session.tempo_map().frame_at_beat (i->time().to_double() + (beat - start_beat));
+
+			if (time_frames < start + cnt + source_start) {
 				if (filter && filter->filter(i->buffer(), i->size())) {
 					DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::MidiSourceIO,
 					             string_compose ("%1: filter event @ %2 type %3 size %4\n",
-					                             _name, time_frames + source_start, i->event_type(), i->size()));
+					                             _name, time_frames, i->event_type(), i->size()));
 					continue;
 				}
-
 				// Offset by source start to convert event time to session time
-				dst.write (time_frames + source_start, i->event_type(), i->size(), i->buffer());
+				dst.write (time_frames, i->event_type(), i->size(), i->buffer());
 
 				DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::MidiSourceIO,
 				             string_compose ("%1: add event @ %2 type %3 size %4\n",
-				                             _name, time_frames + source_start, i->event_type(), i->size()));
+				                             _name, time_frames, i->event_type(), i->size()));
 
 				if (tracker) {
 					tracker->track (*i);