diff --git a/include/InstrumentMidiIOView.h b/include/InstrumentMidiIOView.h
index d9bcf3843..c45dbfa5f 100644
--- a/include/InstrumentMidiIOView.h
+++ b/include/InstrumentMidiIOView.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 class GroupBox;
 class LcdSpinBox;
 class QToolButton;
+class LedCheckBox;
+class InstrumentTrack;
 
 
 class InstrumentMidiIOView : public QWidget, public ModelView
@@ -63,4 +65,16 @@ private:
 
 } ;
 
+class InstrumentMiscView : public QWidget
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+public:
+	InstrumentMiscView( InstrumentTrack *it, QWidget* parent );
+	~InstrumentMiscView();
+
+private:
+	LedCheckBox * m_useMasterPitchBox;
+
+};
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/InstrumentTrack.h b/include/InstrumentTrack.h
index 8bb9bd526..16536c081 100644
--- a/include/InstrumentTrack.h
+++ b/include/InstrumentTrack.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class FadeButton;
 class Instrument;
 class InstrumentTrackWindow;
 class InstrumentMidiIOView;
+class InstrumentMiscView;
 class Knob;
 class LcdSpinBox;
 class midiPortMenu;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ class DataFile;
 class PluginView;
 class TabWidget;
 class TrackLabelButton;
+class LedCheckBox;
 
 
 class EXPORT InstrumentTrack : public Track, public MidiEventProcessor
@@ -250,6 +252,7 @@ private:
 	FloatModel m_pitchModel;
 	IntModel m_pitchRangeModel;
 	IntModel m_effectChannelModel;
+	BoolModel m_useMasterPitchModel;
 
 	FadeButton *m_fb;
 
@@ -266,6 +269,7 @@ private:
 	friend class InstrumentTrackWindow;
 	friend class NotePlayHandle;
 	friend class FlpImport;
+	friend class InstrumentMiscView;
 
 } ;
 
@@ -416,6 +420,7 @@ private:
 	LcdSpinBox * m_effectChannelNumber;
 
 
+
 	// tab-widget with all children
 	TabWidget * m_tabWidget;
 	PluginView * m_instrumentView;
@@ -424,6 +429,8 @@ private:
 	InstrumentFunctionArpeggioView* m_arpeggioView;
 	InstrumentMidiIOView * m_midiView;
 	EffectRackView * m_effectView;
+	InstrumentMiscView *m_miscView;
+
 
 	// test-piano at the bottom of every instrument-settings-window
 	PianoView * m_pianoView;
diff --git a/src/core/NotePlayHandle.cpp b/src/core/NotePlayHandle.cpp
index e2d3e743d..19ec0517a 100644
--- a/src/core/NotePlayHandle.cpp
+++ b/src/core/NotePlayHandle.cpp
@@ -509,10 +509,11 @@ bool NotePlayHandle::operator==( const NotePlayHandle & _nph ) const
 
 void NotePlayHandle::updateFrequency()
 {
+	int mp = m_instrumentTrack->m_useMasterPitchModel.value() ? Engine::getSong()->masterPitch() : 0;
 	const float pitch =
 		( key() -
 				m_instrumentTrack->baseNoteModel()->value() +
-				Engine::getSong()->masterPitch() +
+				mp +
 				m_baseDetuning->value() )
 												 / 12.0f;
 	m_frequency = BaseFreq * powf( 2.0f, pitch + m_instrumentTrack->pitchModel()->value() / ( 100 * 12.0f ) );
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/InstrumentMidiIOView.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/InstrumentMidiIOView.cpp
index 212610110..6b330a707 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/InstrumentMidiIOView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/InstrumentMidiIOView.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
 #include "MidiClient.h"
 #include "Mixer.h"
 #include "ToolTip.h"
-
+#include "InstrumentTrack.h"
+#include "LedCheckbox.h"
+#include "QLabel"
 
 
 InstrumentMidiIOView::InstrumentMidiIOView( QWidget* parent ) :
@@ -201,3 +203,29 @@ void InstrumentMidiIOView::modelChanged()
 	}
 }
 
+
+
+InstrumentMiscView::InstrumentMiscView(InstrumentTrack *it, QWidget *parent) :
+	QWidget( parent )
+{
+	QVBoxLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout( this );
+	layout->setMargin( 5 );
+
+	QHBoxLayout* masterPitchLayout = new QHBoxLayout( this );
+
+	//setup checkbox for use master pitch
+	m_useMasterPitchBox = new LedCheckBox( this, tr( "Use master pitch" ),LedCheckBox::Green );
+	m_useMasterPitchBox->setModel( &it->m_useMasterPitchModel );
+	m_useMasterPitchBox->setToolTip( "Master Pitch" );
+	masterPitchLayout->addWidget( m_useMasterPitchBox );
+
+	QLabel *label = new QLabel ( tr ("Use Master Pitch " ), this );
+	masterPitchLayout->addWidget( label );
+	layout->addLayout( masterPitchLayout );
+	layout->addStretch();
+}
+
+InstrumentMiscView::~InstrumentMiscView()
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/src/tracks/InstrumentTrack.cpp b/src/tracks/InstrumentTrack.cpp
index c620f09af..6ce5613be 100644
--- a/src/tracks/InstrumentTrack.cpp
+++ b/src/tracks/InstrumentTrack.cpp
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ InstrumentTrack::InstrumentTrack( TrackContainer* tc ) :
 	m_pitchModel( 0, MinPitchDefault, MaxPitchDefault, 1, this, tr( "Pitch" ) ),
 	m_pitchRangeModel( 1, 1, 24, this, tr( "Pitch range" ) ),
 	m_effectChannelModel( 0, 0, 0, this, tr( "FX channel" ) ),
+	m_useMasterPitchModel( true, this, tr( "Master Pitch") ),
 	m_instrument( NULL ),
 	m_soundShaping( this ),
 	m_arpeggio( this ),
@@ -140,7 +141,9 @@ InstrumentTrack::InstrumentTrack( TrackContainer* tc ) :
 
 int InstrumentTrack::baseNote() const
 {
-	return m_baseNoteModel.value() - Engine::getSong()->masterPitch();
+	int mp = m_useMasterPitchModel.value() ? Engine::getSong()->masterPitch() : 0;
+
+	return m_baseNoteModel.value() - mp;
 }
 
 
@@ -551,6 +554,7 @@ void InstrumentTrack::updatePitchRange()
 
 int InstrumentTrack::masterKey( int _midi_key ) const
 {
+
 	int key = baseNote();
 	return tLimit<int>( _midi_key - ( key - DefaultKey ), 0, NumKeys );
 }
@@ -701,6 +705,7 @@ void InstrumentTrack::saveTrackSpecificSettings( QDomDocument& doc, QDomElement
 
 	m_effectChannelModel.saveSettings( doc, thisElement, "fxch" );
 	m_baseNoteModel.saveSettings( doc, thisElement, "basenote" );
+	m_useMasterPitchModel.saveSettings( doc, thisElement, "usemasterpitch");
 
 	if( m_instrument != NULL )
 	{
@@ -732,6 +737,7 @@ void InstrumentTrack::loadTrackSpecificSettings( const QDomElement & thisElement
 	m_effectChannelModel.setRange( 0, Engine::fxMixer()->numChannels()-1 );
 	m_effectChannelModel.loadSettings( thisElement, "fxch" );
 	m_baseNoteModel.loadSettings( thisElement, "basenote" );
+	m_useMasterPitchModel.loadSettings( thisElement, "usemasterpitch");
 
 	// clear effect-chain just in case we load an old preset without FX-data
 	m_audioPort.effects()->clear();
@@ -1212,6 +1218,7 @@ InstrumentTrackWindow::InstrumentTrackWindow( InstrumentTrackView * _itv ) :
 	basicControlsLayout->addWidget( m_pitchRangeSpinBox );
 	basicControlsLayout->addStretch();
 
+
 	// setup spinbox for selecting FX-channel
 	m_effectChannelNumber = new fxLineLcdSpinBox( 2, NULL, tr( "FX channel" ) );
 	m_effectChannelNumber->setLabel( tr( "FX" ) );
@@ -1260,10 +1267,15 @@ InstrumentTrackWindow::InstrumentTrackWindow( InstrumentTrackView * _itv ) :
 	// FX tab
 	m_effectView = new EffectRackView( m_track->m_audioPort.effects(), m_tabWidget );
 
+	// MISC tab
+	m_miscView = new InstrumentMiscView( m_track, m_tabWidget );
+
+
 	m_tabWidget->addTab( m_ssView, tr( "ENV/LFO" ), 1 );
 	m_tabWidget->addTab( instrumentFunctions, tr( "FUNC" ), 2 );
 	m_tabWidget->addTab( m_effectView, tr( "FX" ), 3 );
 	m_tabWidget->addTab( m_midiView, tr( "MIDI" ), 4 );
+	m_tabWidget->addTab( m_miscView, tr( "MISC" ), 5 );
 
 	// setup piano-widget
 	m_pianoView = new PianoView( this );