diff --git a/include/engine.h b/include/engine.h
index 995797a0d..3603c0f12 100644
--- a/include/engine.h
+++ b/include/engine.h
@@ -105,9 +105,16 @@ public:
 
 	void close( void );
 
+	float framesPerTact( void ) const
+	{
+		return( m_frames_per_tact );
+	}
+	void updateFramesPerTact( void );
+
 
 private:
 	bool m_hasGUI;
+	float m_frames_per_tact;
 
 	mixer * m_mixer;
 	mainWindow * m_mainWindow;
diff --git a/src/core/note_play_handle.cpp b/src/core/note_play_handle.cpp
index d87720459..0c64e2483 100644
--- a/src/core/note_play_handle.cpp
+++ b/src/core/note_play_handle.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ notePlayHandle::notePlayHandle( instrumentTrack * _it,
 				( m_instrumentTrack->getVolume() / 100.0f ) *
 							127 ), 0, 127 ) ),
 			midiTime::fromFrames( m_framesAhead,
-		m_instrumentTrack->eng()->getSongEditor()->framesPerTact() ) );
+				m_instrumentTrack->eng()->framesPerTact() ) );
 }
 
 
@@ -274,17 +274,12 @@ void notePlayHandle::noteOff( const f_cnt_t _s )
 									FALSE );
 		}
 		// send MIDI-note-off-event
-		// TODO: move framesPerTact() to engine
-		if( m_instrumentTrack->eng()->getSongEditor() )
-		{
-			m_instrumentTrack->processOutEvent( midiEvent( NOTE_OFF,
+		m_instrumentTrack->processOutEvent( midiEvent( NOTE_OFF,
 				m_instrumentTrack->m_midiPort->outputChannel(),
 								key(), 0 ),
 						midiTime::fromFrames(
 							m_framesBeforeRelease,
-			m_instrumentTrack->eng()->getSongEditor()
-							->framesPerTact() ) );
-		}
+				m_instrumentTrack->eng()->framesPerTact() ) );
 	}
 	else
 	{
diff --git a/src/tracks/bb_track.cpp b/src/tracks/bb_track.cpp
index 3dfa34e8d..faf6cc832 100644
--- a/src/tracks/bb_track.cpp
+++ b/src/tracks/bb_track.cpp
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ bool FASTCALL bbTrack::play( const midiTime & _start,
 
 	vlist<trackContentObject *> tcos;
 	getTCOsInRange( tcos, _start, _start +static_cast<Sint32>( _frames *
-			64 / eng()->getSongEditor()->framesPerTact() ) );
+						64 / eng()->framesPerTact() ) );
 	
 	if ( tcos.size() == 0 )
 	{
diff --git a/src/tracks/instrument_track.cpp b/src/tracks/instrument_track.cpp
index eee44e7da..32946ad66 100644
--- a/src/tracks/instrument_track.cpp
+++ b/src/tracks/instrument_track.cpp
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ void instrumentTrack::processInEvent( const midiEvent & _me,
 					// create (timed) note-play-handle
 					notePlayHandle * nph = new
 						notePlayHandle( this,
-			_time.frames( eng()->getSongEditor()->framesPerTact() ),
+					_time.frames( eng()->framesPerTact() ),
 						valueRanges<f_cnt_t>::max, n );
 					if( eng()->getMixer()->addPlayHandle(
 									nph ) )
@@ -653,8 +653,8 @@ void instrumentTrack::processInEvent( const midiEvent & _me,
 				// recording notes into a pattern
 				note done_note( NULL,
 					midiTime( static_cast<f_cnt_t>(
-					n->totalFramesPlayed() * 64 /
-				eng()->getSongEditor()->framesPerTact() ) ),
+						n->totalFramesPlayed() * 64 /
+						eng()->framesPerTact() ) ),
 					0, n->tone(), n->octave(),
 					n->getVolume(), n->getPanning() );
 				n->noteOff();
@@ -755,8 +755,8 @@ void instrumentTrack::deleteNotePluginData( notePlayHandle * _n )
 	if( m_notes[_n->key()] == _n )
 	{
 		note done_note( NULL, midiTime( static_cast<f_cnt_t>(
-					_n->totalFramesPlayed() * 64 /
-				eng()->getSongEditor()->framesPerTact() ) ),
+						_n->totalFramesPlayed() * 64 /
+						eng()->framesPerTact() ) ),
 					0, _n->tone(), _n->octave(),
 					_n->getVolume(), _n->getPanning() );
 		_n->noteOff();
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ bool FASTCALL instrumentTrack::play( const midiTime & _start,
 
 	// calculate samples per tact; need that later when calculating
 	// sample-pos of a note
-	float frames_per_tact = eng()->getSongEditor()->framesPerTact();
+	float frames_per_tact = eng()->framesPerTact();
 
 	vlist<trackContentObject *> tcos;
 	if( _tco_num >= 0 )
diff --git a/src/tracks/sample_track.cpp b/src/tracks/sample_track.cpp
index 2c53f1e15..2684b2d37 100644
--- a/src/tracks/sample_track.cpp
+++ b/src/tracks/sample_track.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void FASTCALL sampleTCO::play( sampleFrame * _ab, f_cnt_t _start_frame,
 {
 	_start_frame = static_cast<Uint32>( tMax( 0.0f, _start_frame -
 							startPosition() *
-			eng()->getSongEditor()->framesPerTact() / 64 ) );
+						eng()->framesPerTact() / 64 ) );
 	m_sampleBuffer.play( _ab, _start_frame, _frames );
 }
 
@@ -254,8 +254,7 @@ void sampleTCO::paintEvent( QPaintEvent * _pe )
 midiTime sampleTCO::getSampleLength( void ) const
 {
 	return( static_cast<Sint32>( m_sampleBuffer.frames() /
-					eng()->getSongEditor()->framesPerTact() *
-									64 ) );
+						eng()->framesPerTact() * 64 ) );
 }
 
 
@@ -445,7 +444,7 @@ bool FASTCALL sampleTrack::play( const midiTime & _start,
 
 	vlist<trackContentObject *> tcos;
 	getTCOsInRange( tcos, _start, _start+static_cast<Sint32>( _frames * 64 /
-				eng()->getSongEditor()->framesPerTact() ) );
+						eng()->framesPerTact() ) );
 
 	if ( tcos.size() == 0 )
 	{
@@ -459,7 +458,7 @@ bool FASTCALL sampleTrack::play( const midiTime & _start,
 					, m_volume, m_volume
 #endif
 			} ;
-	float fpt = eng()->getSongEditor()->framesPerTact();
+	float fpt = eng()->framesPerTact();
 
 	for( vlist<trackContentObject *>::iterator it = tcos.begin();
 							it != tcos.end(); ++it )