diff --git a/src/ShuttleGui.cpp b/src/ShuttleGui.cpp
index 9dcbfd67b..da515ac2c 100644
--- a/src/ShuttleGui.cpp
+++ b/src/ShuttleGui.cpp
@@ -1933,6 +1933,27 @@ wxChoice * ShuttleGuiBase::TieChoice(
    return pChoice;
 }
 
+/// Variant of the standard TieChoice which does the two step exchange
+/// between gui and stack variable and stack variable and shuttle.
+/// The Translated choices and default are integers, not Strings.
+/// Behaves identically to the previous, but is meant for use when the choices
+/// are non-exhaustive and there is a companion control for abitrary entry.
+///   @param Prompt             The prompt shown beside the control.
+///   @param SettingName        The setting name as stored in gPrefs
+///   @param Default            The default value for this control (translated)
+///   @param Choices            An array of choices that appear on screen.
+///   @param InternalChoices    The corresponding values (as an integer array)
+wxChoice * ShuttleGuiBase::TieNumberAsChoice(
+   const wxString &Prompt,
+   const wxString &SettingName,
+   const int Default,
+   const wxArrayString & Choices,
+   const std::vector<int> & InternalChoices)
+{
+   return ShuttleGuiBase::TieChoice(
+      Prompt, SettingName, Default, Choices, InternalChoices );
+}
+
 /// Integer specific version of StartRadioButtonGroup.
 /// All 'TieRadioButton()' enclosed must be ints.
 void ShuttleGuiBase::StartRadioButtonGroup( const wxString & SettingName, const int iDefaultValue )
@@ -2439,6 +2460,13 @@ wxChoice * ShuttleGuiGetDefinition::TieChoice(
    const wxArrayString & Choices,
    const std::vector<int> & InternalChoices)
 {
+   // Should no longer come here!
+   // Choice controls in Preferences that really are exhaustive choices among
+   // non-numerical options must now encode the internal choices as strings,
+   // not numbers.
+   wxASSERT(false);
+
+   // But if we do get here anyway, proceed sub-optimally as before.
    StartStruct();
    AddItem( SettingName, "id" );
    AddItem( Prompt, "prompt" );
@@ -2453,6 +2481,25 @@ wxChoice * ShuttleGuiGetDefinition::TieChoice(
    EndStruct();
    return ShuttleGui::TieChoice( Prompt, SettingName, Default, Choices, InternalChoices );
 }
+wxChoice * ShuttleGuiGetDefinition::TieNumberAsChoice(
+   const wxString &Prompt,
+   const wxString &SettingName,
+   const int Default,
+   const wxArrayString & Choices,
+   const std::vector<int> & InternalChoices)
+{
+   // Come here for controls that present non-exhaustive choices among some
+   //  numbers, with an associated control that allows arbitrary entry of an
+   // "Other..."
+   StartStruct();
+   AddItem( SettingName, "id" );
+   AddItem( Prompt, "prompt" );
+   AddItem( "number", "type" ); // not "enum" !
+   AddItem( Default, "default"  );
+   EndStruct();
+   return ShuttleGui::TieNumberAsChoice(
+      Prompt, SettingName, Default, Choices, InternalChoices );
+}
 wxTextCtrl * ShuttleGuiGetDefinition::TieTextBox(
    const wxString &Prompt,
    const wxString &SettingName,
diff --git a/src/ShuttleGui.h b/src/ShuttleGui.h
index db225c7c4..a123480da 100644
--- a/src/ShuttleGui.h
+++ b/src/ShuttleGui.h
@@ -224,12 +224,30 @@ public:
       const wxString &Default,
       const wxArrayString &Choices,
       const wxArrayString & InternalChoices );
+
+   // This overload of TieChoice should no longer be used in Preferences!
+   // Some uses do remain in export settings dialogs.
    virtual wxChoice * TieChoice(
       const wxString &Prompt,
       const wxString &SettingName,
       const int Default,
       const wxArrayString & Choices,
       const std::vector<int> & InternalChoices );
+
+   // This overload presents what is really a numerical setting as a choice among
+   // commonly used values, but the choice is not exhaustive because there is
+   // also an associated control that allows entry of a user-specified value
+   // that is arbitrary (within some bounds).
+   // This behaves just like the previous for building dialogs, but the
+   // behavior is different when the call is intercepted for purposes of
+   // emitting scripting information about Preferences.
+   virtual wxChoice * TieNumberAsChoice(
+      const wxString &Prompt,
+      const wxString &SettingName,
+      const int Default,
+      const wxArrayString & Choices,
+      const std::vector<int> & InternalChoices );
+
    virtual wxTextCtrl * TieTextBox(
       const wxString &Prompt,
       const wxString &SettingName,
@@ -431,12 +449,22 @@ public:
       const wxString &Default,
       const wxArrayString &Choices,
       const wxArrayString & InternalChoices ) override;
+
+   // An assertion will be violated if this override is reached!
    wxChoice * TieChoice(
       const wxString &Prompt,
       const wxString &SettingName,
       const int Default,
       const wxArrayString & Choices,
       const std::vector<int> & InternalChoices) override;
+
+   wxChoice * TieNumberAsChoice(
+      const wxString &Prompt,
+      const wxString &SettingName,
+      const int Default,
+      const wxArrayString & Choices,
+      const std::vector<int> & InternalChoices) override;
+
    wxTextCtrl * TieTextBox(
       const wxString &Prompt,
       const wxString &SettingName,
diff --git a/src/prefs/QualityPrefs.cpp b/src/prefs/QualityPrefs.cpp
index 4feae6cc5..97622523f 100644
--- a/src/prefs/QualityPrefs.cpp
+++ b/src/prefs/QualityPrefs.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void QualityPrefs::PopulateOrExchange(ShuttleGui & S)
             // We make sure it uses the ID we want, so that we get changes
             S.Id(ID_SAMPLE_RATE_CHOICE);
             // We make sure we have a pointer to it, so that we can drive it.
-            mSampleRates = S.TieChoice( {},
+            mSampleRates = S.TieNumberAsChoice( {},
                                        wxT("/SamplingRate/DefaultProjectSampleRate"),
                                        AudioIO::GetOptimalSupportedSampleRate(),
                                        mSampleRateNames,