diff --git a/stepmania/src/NoteData.cpp b/stepmania/src/NoteData.cpp
index 0f0a4f8805..d22f7052f7 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NoteData.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NoteData.cpp
@@ -464,11 +464,49 @@ void NoteData::LoadTransformed( const NoteData* pOriginal, int iNewNumTracks, co
 	Convert4sToHoldNotes();
 }
 
+void NoteData::LoadOverlapped( const NoteData* pOriginal, int iNewNumTracks )
+{
+	SetNumTracks( pOriginal->GetNumTracks() );
+	CopyRange( pOriginal, 0, pOriginal->GetLastRow(), 0 );
+
+	const int iOriginalTracks = pOriginal->GetNumTracks();
+	const bool iUnevenTracks = (iOriginalTracks % iNewNumTracks) != 0;
+	const int iTracksToOverlap = iOriginalTracks / iNewNumTracks;
+	if( iTracksToOverlap )
+	{
+		// if we have at least as many tracks in the old mode
+		// as we do in the mode we're going to
+		for (int ix = 0; ix < iNewNumTracks; ix++)
+		{
+			for (int iy = 0; iy < iTracksToOverlap; iy++)
+			{
+				CombineTracks(ix, (ix + iy * iNewNumTracks));
+			}
+		}
+		if( iUnevenTracks )
+		{
+			for (int ix = iOriginalTracks - iUnevenTracks; ix < iOriginalTracks; ix++)
+			{
+				// spread out the remaining tracks evenly
+				CombineTracks((ix * iOriginalTracks) % iNewNumTracks, ix);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	SetNumTracks( iNewNumTracks );
+}
+
 void NoteData::LoadTransformedSlidingWindow( const NoteData* pOriginal, int iNewNumTracks )
 {
 	// reset all notes
 	Init();
 
+	if( pOriginal->GetNumTracks() > iNewNumTracks )
+	{
+		/* Use a ifferent algorithm for reducing tracks. */
+		LoadOverlapped( pOriginal, iNewNumTracks );
+		return;
+	}
+
 	NoteData Original;
 	Original.To4s( *pOriginal );
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/NoteData.h b/stepmania/src/NoteData.h
index 37faf76ccc..d86c8705aa 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NoteData.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/NoteData.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class NoteData
 	/* Pad m_TapNotes so it includes the row "rows". */
 	void PadTapNotes(int rows);
 
+	void LoadOverlapped( const NoteData* pOriginal, int iNewNumTracks );
+
 public:
 	/* Set up to hold the data in From; same number of tracks, same
 	 * divisor.  Doesn't allocate or copy anything. */
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Steps.cpp b/stepmania/src/Steps.cpp
index d4cfad4dc7..b28a070ee9 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Steps.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Steps.cpp
@@ -162,37 +162,7 @@ void Steps::Decompress() const
 
 		int iNewTracks = GameManager::NotesTypeToNumTracks(m_StepsType);
 
-		if( pdata.GetNumTracks() > iNewTracks)
-		{
-			notes->SetNumTracks( pdata.GetNumTracks() );
-			notes->CopyRange( &pdata, 0, pdata.GetLastRow(), 0 );
-
-			const int iOriginalTracks = pdata.GetNumTracks();
-			const bool iUnevenTracks = (iOriginalTracks % iNewTracks) != 0;
-			const int iTracksToOverlap = iOriginalTracks / iNewTracks;
-			if( iTracksToOverlap )
-			{
-				// if we have at least as many tracks in the old mode
-				// as we do in the mode we're going to
-				for (int ix = 0; ix < iNewTracks; ix++)
-				{
-					for (int iy = 0; iy < iTracksToOverlap; iy++)
-					{
-						notes->CombineTracks(ix, (ix + iy * iNewTracks));
-					}
-				}
-				if( iUnevenTracks )
-				{
-					for (int ix = iOriginalTracks - iUnevenTracks; ix < iOriginalTracks; ix++)
-					{
-						// spread out the remaining tracks evenly
-						notes->CombineTracks((ix * iOriginalTracks) % iNewTracks, ix);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			notes->SetNumTracks( iNewTracks );
-		} else
-			notes->LoadTransformedSlidingWindow( &pdata, iNewTracks );
+		notes->LoadTransformedSlidingWindow( &pdata, iNewTracks );
 
 		NoteDataUtil::FixImpossibleRows( *notes, m_StepsType );
 	}