diff --git a/src/menus/EditMenus.cpp b/src/menus/EditMenus.cpp
index e28c1b79a..3dd92d89d 100644
--- a/src/menus/EditMenus.cpp
+++ b/src/menus/EditMenus.cpp
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ void OnDelete(const CommandContext &context)
    auto &window = ProjectWindow::Get( project );
 
    for (auto n : tracks.Any()) {
+      if (!n->SupportsBasicEditing())
+         continue;
       if (n->GetSelected() || n->IsSyncLockSelected()) {
          n->Clear(selectedRegion.t0(), selectedRegion.t1());
       }
@@ -647,6 +649,9 @@ void OnDuplicate(const CommandContext &context)
    auto range = tracks.Selected();
    auto last = *range.rbegin();
    for (auto n : range) {
+      if (!n->SupportsBasicEditing())
+         continue;
+
       // Make copies not for clipboard but for direct addition to the project
       auto dest = n->Copy(selectedRegion.t0(),
               selectedRegion.t1(), false);
@@ -687,12 +692,14 @@ void OnSplitCut(const CommandContext &context)
             FinishCopy(n, dest, newClipboard);
       },
       [&](Track *n) {
-         dest = n->Copy(selectedRegion.t0(),
-                 selectedRegion.t1());
-         n->Silence(selectedRegion.t0(),
+         if (n->SupportsBasicEditing()) {
+            dest = n->Copy(selectedRegion.t0(),
                     selectedRegion.t1());
-         if (dest)
-            FinishCopy(n, dest, newClipboard);
+            n->Silence(selectedRegion.t0(),
+                       selectedRegion.t1());
+            if (dest)
+               FinishCopy(n, dest, newClipboard);
+         }
       }
    );
 
@@ -717,8 +724,9 @@ void OnSplitDelete(const CommandContext &context)
                          selectedRegion.t1());
       },
       [&](Track *n) {
-         n->Silence(selectedRegion.t0(),
-                    selectedRegion.t1());
+         if (n->SupportsBasicEditing())
+            n->Silence(selectedRegion.t0(),
+                       selectedRegion.t1());
       }
    );
 
diff --git a/src/menus/SelectMenus.cpp b/src/menus/SelectMenus.cpp
index c44900dcc..1a2bd0e66 100644
--- a/src/menus/SelectMenus.cpp
+++ b/src/menus/SelectMenus.cpp
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ void OnSelectSyncLockSel(const CommandContext &context)
    auto &tracks = TrackList::Get( project );
 
    bool selected = false;
-   for (auto t : tracks.Any()
+   for (auto t : tracks.Any() + &Track::SupportsBasicEditing
          + &Track::IsSyncLockSelected - &Track::IsSelected) {
       t->SetSelected(true);
       selected = true;
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ void OnCursorTrackStart(const CommandContext &context)
 
    double kWayOverToRight = std::numeric_limits<double>::max();
 
-   auto trackRange = tracks.Selected();
+   auto trackRange = tracks.Selected() + &Track::SupportsBasicEditing;
    if (trackRange.empty())
       // This should have been prevented by command manager
       return;
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ void OnCursorTrackEnd(const CommandContext &context)
 
    double kWayOverToLeft = std::numeric_limits<double>::lowest();
 
-   auto trackRange = tracks.Selected();
+   auto trackRange = tracks.Selected() + &Track::SupportsBasicEditing;
    if (trackRange.empty())
       // This should have been prevented by command manager
       return;