diff --git a/src/TrackPanel.cpp b/src/TrackPanel.cpp
index f4c204f47..74e4f1696 100644
--- a/src/TrackPanel.cpp
+++ b/src/TrackPanel.cpp
@@ -2626,12 +2626,14 @@ void TrackPanel::StartSlide(wxMouseEvent & event)
          Track *partner = mTracks->GetLink(vt);
          if (mCapturedClip && partner && partner->GetKind() == Track::Wave) {
             // WaveClip::GetClipAtX doesn't work unless the clip is on the screen and can return bad info otherwise
-            // vt is guaranteed to be onscreen, so we ask for the approx. time at that point
-            
-            sampleCount xSample = mCapturedClip->GetSampleNumberAtX(event.m_x);
-            
-            if (xSample >= 0) {
-               WaveClip *clip = ((WaveTrack *)partner)->GetClipAtSample(xSample);
+            // instead calculate the time manually
+            double rate = ((WaveTrack*)partner)->GetRate();
+            double pps = mViewInfo->zoom;
+            double tt = (event.m_x - GetLeftOffset()) / pps + mViewInfo->h;
+            sampleCount s0 = (sampleCount)(tt * rate + 0.5);
+
+            if (s0 >= 0) {
+               WaveClip *clip = ((WaveTrack *)partner)->GetClipAtSample(s0);
                if (clip) {
                   mCapturedClipArray.Add(TrackClip(partner, clip));
                }
diff --git a/src/WaveClip.cpp b/src/WaveClip.cpp
index 3a158d28c..d167f0ddc 100644
--- a/src/WaveClip.cpp
+++ b/src/WaveClip.cpp
@@ -1030,18 +1030,6 @@ void WaveClip::GetDisplayRect(wxRect* r)
    *r = mDisplayRect;
 }
 
-// only works if the clip is on screen an mDisplayRect is set.
-sampleCount WaveClip::GetSampleNumberAtX(int xcoord)
-{
-   if (mDisplayRect.width > 0 &&
-       xcoord >= mDisplayRect.x && xcoord < mDisplayRect.x + mDisplayRect.width) {
-      float cursor = (xcoord - mDisplayRect.x) / mDisplayRect.width;
-      return GetStartSample() + GetNumSamples() * cursor;
-   }
-
-   return -1;
-}
-
 bool WaveClip::Append(samplePtr buffer, sampleFormat format,
                       sampleCount len, unsigned int stride /* = 1 */,
                       XMLWriter* blockFileLog /*=NULL*/)
diff --git a/src/WaveClip.h b/src/WaveClip.h
index dd63f95ea..98274c413 100644
--- a/src/WaveClip.h
+++ b/src/WaveClip.h
@@ -152,9 +152,6 @@ public:
    void ClearDisplayRect();
    void SetDisplayRect(const wxRect& r);
    void GetDisplayRect(wxRect* r);
-   /// Get the absolute sample number at the x pixel specified by xcoord.
-   /// Only works if the clip is onscreen (returned by WaveTrack::GetClipAtX)
-   sampleCount GetSampleNumberAtX(int xcoord);
 
    /** Whenever you do an operation to the sequence that will change the number
 	* of samples (that is, the length of the clip), you will want to call this