Thank you Colin for the help.I could set the song locators to start one bar before and your idea to start in bar two is helpful. I am now battling another problem-perhaps you know the answer. I have created 5 tracks in the arrange window, I have moused in the notes for track one, and I want to use Pete Thomas' combo re-mapper. That requires a 'new instrument' icon in the Environment. How do I route the track to the new instrument icon,or must I throw out what I have and start again by using the check box to have the new instrument icon as a separate, new track, to which I could drag the region already filled with notes to the new track?