diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in
index af423cbb23..8d21a4afa9 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@
       <menuitem action='remove-region-sync'/>
       <menuitem action='play-selected-regions'/>
       <menuitem action='export-region'/>
-      <menuitem action='bounce-region'/>
+      <menuitem action='bounce-regions-processed'/>
+      <menuitem action='bounce-regions-unprocessed'/>
       <menuitem action='combine-regions'/>
       <menuitem action='uncombine-regions'/>
       <menuitem action='analyze-region'/>
@@ -577,11 +578,16 @@
   <popup name='PopupRegionMenu' action='PopupRegionMenu'>
     <menuitem action='rename-region'/>
     <menuitem action='show-region-properties'/>
+    <menuitem action='combine-regions'/>
+    <menuitem action='uncombine-regions'/>
+    <menuitem action='split-region'/>
+    <menuitem action='split-multichannel-region'/>
     <menuitem action='set-region-sync-position'/>
     <menuitem action='remove-region-sync'/>
     <menuitem action='play-selected-regions'/>
     <menuitem action='export-region'/>
-    <menuitem action='bounce-region'/>
+    <menuitem action='bounce-regions-processed'/>
+    <menuitem action='bounce-regions-unprocessed'/>
     <menuitem action='analyze-region'/>
     <menuitem action='toggle-region-lock'/>
     <menuitem action='toggle-region-lock-style'/>
@@ -590,18 +596,14 @@
     <menuitem action='pitch-shift-region'/>
     <menuitem action='transpose-region'/>
     <menuitem action='naturalize-region'/>
-    <menuitem action='combine-regions'/>
-    <menuitem action='uncombine-regions'/>
-    <menuitem action='split-region'/>
-    <menuitem action='split-multichannel-region'/>
-    <menuitem action='remove-region'/>
+    <menuitem action='reverse-region'/>    
     <menuitem action='loop-region'/>
     <menuitem action='snap-regions-to-grid'/>
     <menuitem action='close-region-gaps'/>
     <menuitem action='place-transient' />
     <menuitem action='show-rhythm-ferret'/>
     <menuitem action='strip-region-silence'/>
-    <menuitem action='reverse-region'/>    
+    <menuitem action='remove-region'/>
     <menu action='RegionMenuLayering'>
       <menuitem action='raise-region-to-top'/>
       <menuitem action='raise-region'/>
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor.h b/gtk2_ardour/editor.h
index 984d072f83..e0fc037054 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor.h
@@ -1751,7 +1751,7 @@ class Editor : public PublicEditor, public PBD::ScopedConnectionList, public ARD
 
 	int  write_region_selection(RegionSelection&);
 	bool write_region (std::string path, boost::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::AudioRegion>);
-	void bounce_region_selection ();
+	void bounce_region_selection (bool with_processing);
 	void bounce_range_selection (bool replace, bool enable_processing);
 	void external_edit_region ();
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
index 74cc69e6db..d19bfe4fa1 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
@@ -1371,7 +1371,8 @@ Editor::register_region_actions ()
 
 	reg_sens (_region_actions, "play-selected-regions", _("Play"), sigc::mem_fun(*this, &Editor::play_selected_region));
 
-	reg_sens (_region_actions, "bounce-region", _("Bounce"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::bounce_region_selection));
+	reg_sens (_region_actions, "bounce-regions-unprocessed", _("Bounce (with processing)"), (sigc::bind (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::bounce_region_selection), true)));
+	reg_sens (_region_actions, "bounce-regions-processed", _("Bounce (without processing)"), (sigc::bind (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::bounce_region_selection), false)));
 	reg_sens (_region_actions, "combine-regions", _("Combine"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::combine_regions));
 	reg_sens (_region_actions, "uncombine-regions", _("Uncombine"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::uncombine_regions));
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_export_audio.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_export_audio.cc
index 2eff80614e..3fb4a4b327 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_export_audio.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_export_audio.cc
@@ -145,23 +145,11 @@ Editor::write_region_selection (RegionSelection& regions)
 }
 
 void
-Editor::bounce_region_selection ()
+Editor::bounce_region_selection (bool with_processing)
 {
-	for (RegionSelection::iterator i = selection->regions.begin(); i != selection->regions.end(); ++i) {
-
-		RouteTimeAxisView* rtv = dynamic_cast<RouteTimeAxisView*> (&(*i)->get_time_axis_view());
-		boost::shared_ptr<Track> track = boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<Track> (rtv->route());
-
-		if (!track->bounceable()) {
-			MessageDialog d (
-				_("One or more of the selected regions' tracks cannot be bounced because it has more outputs than inputs.  "
-				  "You can fix this by increasing the number of inputs on that track.")
-				);
-			d.set_title (_("Cannot bounce"));
-			d.run ();
-			return;
-		}
-	}
+	/* no need to check for bounceable() because this operation never puts
+	 * its results back in the playlist (only in the region list).
+	 */
 
 	for (RegionSelection::iterator i = selection->regions.begin(); i != selection->regions.end(); ++i) {
 
@@ -171,12 +159,7 @@ Editor::bounce_region_selection ()
 
 		InterThreadInfo itt;
 
-		boost::shared_ptr<Region> r = track->bounce_range (region->position(), region->position() + region->length(), itt);
-		cerr << "Result of bounce of "
-		     << region->name() << " len = " << region->length()
-		     << " was "
-		     << r->name() << " len = " << r->length()
-		     << endl;
+		boost::shared_ptr<Region> r = track->bounce_range (region->position(), region->position() + region->length(), itt, with_processing);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
index 9e46c04eed..b986976f9e 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
@@ -3319,10 +3319,11 @@ Editor::bounce_range_selection (bool replace, bool enable_processing)
 
 	for (TrackViewList::iterator i = views.begin(); i != views.end(); ++i) {
 		RouteTimeAxisView* rtv = dynamic_cast<RouteTimeAxisView*> (*i);
-		if (rtv && rtv->track() && !rtv->track()->bounceable()) {
+		if (rtv && rtv->track() && replace && enable_processing && !rtv->track()->bounceable()) {
 			MessageDialog d (
-				_("One or more selected tracks cannot be bounced because it has more outputs than inputs.  "
-				  "You can fix this by increasing the number of inputs on that track.")
+				_("You can't perform this operation because the processing of the signal "
+				  "will cause one or more of the tracks will end up with a region with more channels than this track has inputs.\n\n"
+				  "You can do this without processing, which is a different operation.")
 				);
 			d.set_title (_("Cannot bounce"));
 			d.run ();