diff --git a/stepmania/src/GameSoundManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/GameSoundManager.cpp
index 017ddb58d0..066b245430 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/GameSoundManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/GameSoundManager.cpp
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ void GameSoundManager::Update( float fDeltaTime )
 	{
 		/* There's no song playing.  Fake it. */
 		CHECKPOINT_M( ssprintf("%f, delta %f", GAMESTATE->m_fMusicSeconds, fDeltaTime) );
-		GAMESTATE->UpdateSongPosition( GAMESTATE->m_fMusicSeconds + fDeltaTime, g_Playing->m_Timing );
+		GAMESTATE->UpdateSongPosition( GAMESTATE->m_fMusicSecondsNoOffset + fDeltaTime, g_Playing->m_Timing );
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ void GameSoundManager::Update( float fDeltaTime )
 	{
 		/* We're still waiting for the new sound to start playing, so keep using the
 		 * old timing data and fake the time. */
-		GAMESTATE->UpdateSongPosition( GAMESTATE->m_fMusicSeconds + fDeltaTime, g_Playing->m_Timing );
+		GAMESTATE->UpdateSongPosition( GAMESTATE->m_fMusicSecondsNoOffset + fDeltaTime, g_Playing->m_Timing );
 	}
 	else
 	{
diff --git a/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp b/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp
index 8035825bf6..f2f0394e78 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp
@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ const float GameState::MUSIC_SECONDS_INVALID = -5000.0f;
 void GameState::ResetMusicStatistics()
 {	
 	m_fMusicSeconds = 0; // MUSIC_SECONDS_INVALID;
+	m_fMusicSecondsNoOffset = 0;
 	m_fSongBeat = 0;
 	m_fCurBPS = 10;
 	m_bFreeze = false;
@@ -643,6 +644,10 @@ void GameState::ResetStageStatistics()
 
 void GameState::UpdateSongPosition( float fPositionSeconds, const TimingData &timing, const RageTimer &timestamp )
 {
+	m_fMusicSecondsNoOffset = fPositionSeconds;
+
+	fPositionSeconds += PREFSMAN->m_fGlobalOffsetSeconds;
+
 	if( !timestamp.IsZero() )
 		m_LastBeatUpdate = timestamp;
 	else
diff --git a/stepmania/src/GameState.h b/stepmania/src/GameState.h
index 61f01a4a4d..2b66990d95 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/GameState.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/GameState.h
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ public:
 	// Let a lot of classes access this info here so the don't have to keep their own copies.
 	//
 	float		m_fMusicSeconds;	// time into the current song
+	float		m_fMusicSecondsNoOffset;	// time into the current song, ignoring m_fGlobalOffsetSeconds
 	float		m_fSongBeat;
 	float		m_fCurBPS;
 	float		m_fLightSongBeat; // g_fLightsFalloffSeconds ahead
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenEdit.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenEdit.cpp
index 2d1ebb85ea..a64fe12a62 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenEdit.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenEdit.cpp
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ void ScreenEdit::PlayTicks()
 	 * will start coming out the speaker.  Compensate for this by boosting fPositionSeconds
 	 * ahead.  This is just to make sure that we request the sound early enough for it to
 	 * come out on time; the actual precise timing is handled by SetStartTime. */
-	float fPositionSeconds = GAMESTATE->m_fMusicSeconds;
+	float fPositionSeconds = GAMESTATE->m_fMusicSecondsNoOffset;
 	fPositionSeconds += SOUND->GetPlayLatency() + (float)CommonMetrics::TICK_EARLY_SECONDS + 0.250f;
 	const float fSongBeat = GAMESTATE->m_pCurSong->GetBeatFromElapsedTime( fPositionSeconds );
 
@@ -803,11 +803,11 @@ void ScreenEdit::PlayTicks()
 	{
 		const float fTickBeat = NoteRowToBeat( iTickRow );
 		const float fTickSecond = GAMESTATE->m_pCurSong->m_Timing.GetElapsedTimeFromBeat( fTickBeat );
-		float fSecondsUntil = fTickSecond - GAMESTATE->m_fMusicSeconds;
+		float fSecondsUntil = fTickSecond - GAMESTATE->m_fMusicSecondsNoOffset;
 		fSecondsUntil /= m_soundMusic.GetPlaybackRate(); /* 2x music rate means the time until the tick is halved */
 
 		RageSoundParams p;
-		p.m_StartTime = GAMESTATE->m_LastBeatUpdate + (fSecondsUntil - (float)CommonMetrics::TICK_EARLY_SECONDS);
+		p.m_StartTime = GAMESTATE->m_LastBeatUpdate  + (fSecondsUntil - (float)CommonMetrics::TICK_EARLY_SECONDS);
 		m_soundAssistTick.Play( &p );
 	}
 }
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenGameplay.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenGameplay.cpp
index 4522a14ae9..f83aa3ee30 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenGameplay.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenGameplay.cpp
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ void ScreenGameplay::PlayTicks()
 	 * will start coming out the speaker.  Compensate for this by boosting fPositionSeconds
 	 * ahead.  This is just to make sure that we request the sound early enough for it to
 	 * come out on time; the actual precise timing is handled by SetStartTime. */
-	float fPositionSeconds = GAMESTATE->m_fMusicSeconds;
+	float fPositionSeconds = GAMESTATE->m_fMusicSecondsNoOffset;
 	fPositionSeconds += SOUND->GetPlayLatency() + (float)CommonMetrics::TICK_EARLY_SECONDS + 0.250f;
 	const float fSongBeat = GAMESTATE->m_pCurSong->GetBeatFromElapsedTime( fPositionSeconds );
 
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ void ScreenGameplay::PlayTicks()
 	{
 		const float fTickBeat = NoteRowToBeat( iTickRow );
 		const float fTickSecond = GAMESTATE->m_pCurSong->m_Timing.GetElapsedTimeFromBeat( fTickBeat );
-		float fSecondsUntil = fTickSecond - GAMESTATE->m_fMusicSeconds;
+		float fSecondsUntil = fTickSecond - GAMESTATE->m_fMusicSecondsNoOffset;
 		fSecondsUntil /= GAMESTATE->m_SongOptions.m_fMusicRate; /* 2x music rate means the time until the tick is halved */
 
 		RageSoundParams p;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/TimingData.cpp b/stepmania/src/TimingData.cpp
index d787ec5bce..f1b6b2709e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/TimingData.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/TimingData.cpp
@@ -201,8 +201,6 @@ void TimingData::GetBeatAndBPSFromElapsedTime( float fElapsedTime, float &fBeatO
 {
 //	LOG->Trace( "GetBeatAndBPSFromElapsedTime( fElapsedTime = %f )", fElapsedTime );
 
-	fElapsedTime += PREFSMAN->m_fGlobalOffsetSeconds;
-
 	fElapsedTime += m_fBeat0OffsetInSeconds;
 
 
@@ -264,7 +262,6 @@ void TimingData::GetBeatAndBPSFromElapsedTime( float fElapsedTime, float &fBeatO
 float TimingData::GetElapsedTimeFromBeat( float fBeat ) const
 {
 	float fElapsedTime = 0;
-	fElapsedTime -= PREFSMAN->m_fGlobalOffsetSeconds;
 	fElapsedTime -= m_fBeat0OffsetInSeconds;
 
 	int iRow = BeatToNoteRow(fBeat);