diff --git a/src/Envelope.cpp b/src/Envelope.cpp
index b70f3b15a..44f72ac0d 100644
--- a/src/Envelope.cpp
+++ b/src/Envelope.cpp
@@ -189,17 +189,6 @@ double Envelope::toDB(double value)
    return sign * val;
 }
 
-double Envelope::fromDB(double value) const
-{
-   if (value == 0)
-      return 0;
-
-   double sign = (value >= 0 ? 1 : -1);
-   // TODO: Cache the gPrefs value.  Reading it every time is inefficient.
-   double dBRange = gPrefs->Read(wxT("/GUI/EnvdBRange"), ENV_DB_RANGE);
-   return pow(10.0, ((fabs(value) * dBRange) - dBRange) / 20.0)*sign;;
-}
-
 /// TODO: This should probably move to track artist.
 static void DrawPoint(wxDC & dc, const wxRect & r, int x, int y, bool top)
 {
@@ -342,19 +331,12 @@ void Envelope::WriteXML(XMLWriter &xmlFile)
 float Envelope::ValueOfPixel( int y, int height, bool upper, bool dB,
                               float zoomMin, float zoomMax)
 {
-   float v;
-
-   wxASSERT( height > 0 );
-   v = zoomMax - (y/(float)height) * (zoomMax - zoomMin);
-
-   if (mContourOffset) {
-     if( v > 0.0 )
-       v += .5;
-     else
-       v -= .5;
-   }
+   double dBRange;
    if (dB)
-      v = fromDB(v);
+      // TODO: Cache the gPrefs value.  Reading it every time is inefficient.
+      dBRange = gPrefs->Read(wxT("/GUI/EnvdBRange"), ENV_DB_RANGE);
+
+   float v = ::ValueOfPixel(y, height, mContourOffset, dB, dBRange, zoomMin, zoomMax);
 
    // MB: this is mostly equivalent to what the old code did, I'm not sure
    // if anything special is needed for asymmetric ranges
diff --git a/src/Envelope.h b/src/Envelope.h
index 481657bd4..c1e25bc59 100644
--- a/src/Envelope.h
+++ b/src/Envelope.h
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ class Envelope : public XMLTagHandler {
                   int bufferLen) const;
 
 private:
-   double fromDB(double x) const;
    double toDB(double x);
    EnvPoint *  AddPointAtEnd( double t, double val );
    void MarkDragPointForDeletion();
diff --git a/src/TrackArtist.cpp b/src/TrackArtist.cpp
index b72181c7d..00fc9b4b2 100644
--- a/src/TrackArtist.cpp
+++ b/src/TrackArtist.cpp
@@ -959,6 +959,33 @@ int GetWaveYPos(float value, float min, float max,
    return (int) (value * (height - 1) + 0.5);
 }
 
+float FromDB(float value, double dBRange)
+{
+   if (value == 0)
+      return 0;
+
+   double sign = (value >= 0 ? 1 : -1);
+   return pow(10.0, ((fabs(value) * dBRange) - dBRange) / 20.0)*sign;
+}
+
+float ValueOfPixel(int y, int height, bool offset,
+   bool dB, double dBRange, float zoomMin, float zoomMax)
+{
+   wxASSERT(height > 0);
+   float v = zoomMax - (y / (float)height) * (zoomMax - zoomMin);
+   if (offset) {
+      if (v > 0.0)
+         v += .5;
+      else
+         v -= .5;
+   }
+
+   if (dB)
+      v = FromDB(v, dBRange);
+
+   return v;
+}
+
 void TrackArtist::DrawNegativeOffsetTrackArrows(wxDC &dc, const wxRect &r)
 {
    // Draws two black arrows on the left side of the track to
diff --git a/src/TrackArtist.h b/src/TrackArtist.h
index b833f2768..c14d5632a 100644
--- a/src/TrackArtist.h
+++ b/src/TrackArtist.h
@@ -249,5 +249,8 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API TrackArtist {
 extern int GetWaveYPos(float value, float min, float max,
                        int height, bool dB, bool outer, float dBr,
                        bool clip);
+extern float FromDB(float value, double dBRange);
+extern float ValueOfPixel(int y, int height, bool offset,
+                          bool dB, double dBRange, float zoomMin, float zoomMax);
 
 #endif                          // define __AUDACITY_TRACKARTIST__