diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_time_axis.cc b/gtk2_ardour/midi_time_axis.cc
index fcb073aed9..81c8a3736d 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_time_axis.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_time_axis.cc
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ MidiTimeAxisView::add_region (framepos_t pos, framecnt_t length, bool commit, co
 	boost::shared_ptr<Region> region = (RegionFactory::create (src, plist));
 	/* sets beat position */
 	region->set_position (pos, sub_num);
-	playlist()->add_region (region, pos);
+	playlist()->add_region (region, pos, 1.0, false, sub_num);
 	_session->add_command (new StatefulDiffCommand (playlist()));
 
 	if (commit) {
diff --git a/libs/ardour/playlist.cc b/libs/ardour/playlist.cc
index b5b32a10d4..43d1a215a0 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/playlist.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/playlist.cc
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ Playlist::flush_notifications (bool from_undo)
 	 */
 
 	 for (int i = 0; i < itimes; ++i) {
-		 boost::shared_ptr<Region> copy = RegionFactory::create (region, true);
+		 boost::shared_ptr<Region> copy = RegionFactory::create (region, true, sub_num);
 		 add_region_internal (copy, pos, sub_num);
 		 set_layer (copy, DBL_MAX);
 		 pos += region->length();