diff --git a/src/Experimental.h b/src/Experimental.h
index b960d607d..c761c158e 100644
--- a/src/Experimental.h
+++ b/src/Experimental.h
@@ -196,4 +196,8 @@
 
 // Define for new noise reduction effect from Paul Licameli.
 #define EXPERIMENTAL_NOISE_REDUCTION
+
+// Define to enable Nyquist audio clip boundary control (Steve Daulton Dec 2014)
+// #define EXPERIMENTAL_NYQUIST_SPLIT_CONTROL
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/effects/nyquist/Nyquist.cpp b/src/effects/nyquist/Nyquist.cpp
index ba0df2832..248c74e89 100644
--- a/src/effects/nyquist/Nyquist.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/nyquist/Nyquist.cpp
@@ -470,7 +470,15 @@ bool EffectNyquist::Process()
    this->CopyInputTracks(Track::All);
    SelectedTrackListOfKindIterator iter(Track::Wave, mOutputTracks);
    mCurTrack[0] = (WaveTrack *) iter.First();
+#if defined(EXPERIMENTAL_NYQUIST_SPLIT_CONTROL)
+   mT0 = mCurTrack[0]->LongSamplesToTime(mCurTrack[0]->TimeToLongSamples(mT0));
+   mAlignedT1 = mCurTrack[0]->LongSamplesToTime(mCurTrack[0]->TimeToLongSamples(mT1));
    mOutputTime = mT1 - mT0;
+   mRestoreClips = true;   // Normally we want to preserve split lines, but not always.
+   mMergeClips = true;     // Set to false to add split lines at selection ends.
+#else
+   mOutputTime = mT1 - mT0;
+#endif
    mCount = 0;
    mProgressIn = 0;
    mProgressOut = 0;
@@ -1030,7 +1038,13 @@ bool EffectNyquist::ProcessOne()
          out = mOutputTrack[0];
       }
 
+#if defined(EXPERIMENTAL_NYQUIST_SPLIT_CONTROL)
+      mMergeClips = (mT0 + mOutputTime == mAlignedT1) ? true : false;
+      mCurTrack[i]->ClearAndPaste(mT0, mT1, out, mRestoreClips, mMergeClips);
+#else
       mCurTrack[i]->ClearAndPaste(mT0, mT1, out, false, false);
+#endif
+         
       // If we were first in the group adjust non-selected group tracks
       if (mFirstInGroup) {
          SyncLockedTracksIterator git(mOutputTracks);
diff --git a/src/effects/nyquist/Nyquist.h b/src/effects/nyquist/Nyquist.h
index e31d7f0bd..8c17d82b2 100644
--- a/src/effects/nyquist/Nyquist.h
+++ b/src/effects/nyquist/Nyquist.h
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API EffectNyquist:public Effect
    wxArrayString     mCategories;
 
    wxString          mProps;
+#if defined(EXPERIMENTAL_NYQUIST_SPLIT_CONTROL)
+   bool              mRestoreClips;
+   bool              mMergeClips;
+   double            mAlignedT1;
+#endif
 
    friend class NyquistDialog;
 };