diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_cue_background.cc b/gtk2_ardour/midi_cue_background.cc
index 3243451d55..716fc8c86b 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_cue_background.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_cue_background.cc
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
  */
 
 #include "midi_cue_background.h"
+#include "midi_view.h"
 
 CueMidiBackground::CueMidiBackground (ArdourCanvas::Item* parent)
 	: MidiViewBackground (parent)
+	, view (nullptr)
 	, _width (0.)
 	, _height (0.)
 {
@@ -71,3 +73,17 @@ void
 CueMidiBackground::record_layer_check (std::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::Region>, samplepos_t)
 {
 }
+
+void
+CueMidiBackground::set_view (MidiView* mv)
+{
+	view = mv;
+}
+
+void
+CueMidiBackground::apply_note_range_to_children ()
+{
+	if (view) {
+		view->apply_note_range (lowest_note(), highest_note());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_cue_background.h b/gtk2_ardour/midi_cue_background.h
index 76346c421e..f759a2d9dc 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_cue_background.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_cue_background.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 
 #include "midi_view_background.h"
 
+class MidiView;
+
 class CueMidiBackground : public MidiViewBackground
 {
   public:
@@ -45,11 +47,14 @@ class CueMidiBackground : public MidiViewBackground
 	void record_layer_check (std::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::Region>, samplepos_t);
 
 	void set_size (double w, double h);
+	void set_view (MidiView*);
 
   protected:
-	virtual void apply_note_range_to_children () {}
+	MidiView* view;
 	double _width;
 	double _height;
+
+	void apply_note_range_to_children();
 };
 
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_cue_editor.cc b/gtk2_ardour/midi_cue_editor.cc
index 220e710a2a..8fab562caf 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_cue_editor.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_cue_editor.cc
@@ -202,4 +202,6 @@ MidiCueEditor::set_region (std::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::MidiTrack> t, std::shared_ptr
 
 	view = new MidiView (t, *hv_scroll_group, *this, *bg, 0xff0000ff);
 	view->set_region (r);
+
+	bg->set_view (view);
 }
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_view.cc b/gtk2_ardour/midi_view.cc
index b1909d2d50..0cd340ceb7 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_view.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_view.cc
@@ -1003,8 +1003,6 @@ MidiView::redisplay (bool view_only)
 void
 MidiView::model_changed()
 {
-	std::cerr << "MC!\n";
-
 	if (!display_is_enabled()) {
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1461,10 +1459,6 @@ MidiView::set_height (double ht)
 void
 MidiView::apply_note_range (uint8_t min, uint8_t max, bool force)
 {
-	if (!force && _midi_context.lowest_note() == min && _midi_context.highest_note() == max) {
-		return;
-	}
-
 	view_changed ();
 }
 
@@ -1613,11 +1607,6 @@ MidiView::update_sustained (Note* ev, bool update_ghost_regions)
 	const double y0 = 1 + floor(note_to_y(note->note()));
 	double y1;
 
-	std::cerr << "Note: " << *note << std::endl;
-	std::cerr << "SSS " << session_source_start << std::endl;
-	std::cerr << "nh " << note_height() << std::endl;
-	std::cerr << "vs. " << (int) _midi_context.lowest_note() << " .. " << (int) _midi_context.highest_note() << std::endl;
-
 	if (note->length() == Temporal::Beats()) {
 
 		/* special case actual zero-length notes */
@@ -1636,8 +1625,6 @@ MidiView::update_sustained (Note* ev, bool update_ghost_regions)
 
 		const samplepos_t note_end_samples = _midi_region->position().distance ((session_source_start + note_end)).samples();
 
-		std::cerr << "nes: " << note_end_samples << " Z " << _editing_context.get_current_zoom() << std::endl;
-
 		x1 = std::max(1., _editing_context.sample_to_pixel (note_end_samples));
 
 	} else {
@@ -1649,8 +1636,6 @@ MidiView::update_sustained (Note* ev, bool update_ghost_regions)
 
 	y1 = y0 + std::max(1., floor(note_height()) - 1);
 
-	std::cerr << "note rect " << ArdourCanvas::Rect (x0, y0, x1, y1) << std::endl;
-
 	ev->set (ArdourCanvas::Rect (x0, y0, x1, y1));
 	ev->set_velocity (note->velocity()/127.0);
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_view_background.cc b/gtk2_ardour/midi_view_background.cc
index 1c7baa14c8..cb8c7e6996 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_view_background.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_view_background.cc
@@ -214,10 +214,23 @@ MidiViewBackground::set_note_range(VisibleNoteRange r)
 }
 
 void
-MidiViewBackground::apply_note_range(uint8_t lowest, uint8_t highest, bool to_children)
+MidiViewBackground::apply_note_range (uint8_t lowest, uint8_t highest, bool to_children)
 {
-	_highest_note = highest;
-	_lowest_note = lowest;
+	bool changed = false;
+
+	if (_highest_note != highest) {
+		_highest_note = highest;
+		changed = true;
+	}
+
+	if (_lowest_note != lowest) {
+		changed = true;
+		_lowest_note = lowest;
+	}
+
+	if (!changed) {
+		return;
+	}
 
 	float uiscale = UIConfiguration::instance().get_ui_scale();
 	uiscale = expf (uiscale) / expf (1.f);