diff --git a/libraries/lib-wave-track/WaveClip.cpp b/libraries/lib-wave-track/WaveClip.cpp
index d915de56b..1e5fc3384 100644
--- a/libraries/lib-wave-track/WaveClip.cpp
+++ b/libraries/lib-wave-track/WaveClip.cpp
@@ -1139,13 +1139,16 @@ bool WaveClip::Paste(double t0, const WaveClip& o)
    ClearSequenceFinisher finisher;
 
    //seems like edge cases cannot happen, see WaveTrack::PasteWaveTrack
-   double leftTrimDueToPaste = 0.0;
+   double pastePositionShift = 0.0;
+   double startPositionShift = 0.0;
    auto &factory = GetFactory();
    if (t0 == GetPlayStartTime())
    {
+      pastePositionShift = t0;
+      startPositionShift = other.GetSequenceStartTime() + GetTrimLeft();
+
       finisher = ClearSequence(GetSequenceStartTime(), t0);
       SetTrimLeft(other.GetTrimLeft());
-      leftTrimDueToPaste = other.GetTrimLeft();
 
       auto copy = std::make_shared<WaveClip>(other, factory, true);
       copy->ClearSequence(copy->GetPlayEndTime(), copy->GetSequenceEndTime())
@@ -1199,7 +1202,7 @@ bool WaveClip::Paste(double t0, const WaveClip& o)
       newCutlines.push_back(std::move(cutlineCopy));
    }
 
-   sampleCount s0 = TimeToSequenceSamples(t0);
+   sampleCount s0 = TimeToSequenceSamples(t0 - pastePositionShift);
 
    // Because newClip was made above as a copy of (a copy of) other
    assert(other.NChannels() == newClip->NChannels());
@@ -1214,7 +1217,7 @@ bool WaveClip::Paste(double t0, const WaveClip& o)
    transaction.Commit();
    MarkChanged();
 
-   SetSequenceStartTime(GetSequenceStartTime() - leftTrimDueToPaste);
+   SetSequenceStartTime(GetSequenceStartTime() + startPositionShift);
 
    const auto sampleTime = 1.0 / GetRate();
    const auto timeOffsetInEnvelope =