diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/event.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/event.rs
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/event.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/event.rs
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ fn insert_time(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
         if m.start >= r.start {
             m.start += r.len();
             m.end += r.len();
+        } else if m.end > r.start {
+            m.end += r.len();
         }
     }
     Ok(json!({"inserted": r.len()}))
@@ -190,6 +192,10 @@ fn cut_time(e: &mut Engine, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
         if m.start >= r.end {
             m.start -= r.len();
             m.end -= r.len();
+        } else if m.end >= r.end {
+            m.end -= r.len();
+        } else if m.end > r.start {
+            m.end = r.start;
         }
     }
     Ok(json!({"removed": r.len()}))
diff --git a/crates/engine/tests/it/edit_modes.rs b/crates/engine/tests/it/edit_modes.rs
--- a/crates/engine/tests/it/edit_modes.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tests/it/edit_modes.rs
@@ -413,3 +413,23 @@ fn shuffle_lock_and_snap_rules_hold_when_a_call_names_tracks() {
     run(&mut e, "edit.mode", json!({"mode": "grid"}));
     assert!(e.execute("edit.snap_to_grid", &json!({"tracks": [t.0]})).is_err());
 }
+
+fn selection_marker(e: &mut Engine, start: i64, end: i64) -> usize {
+    run(e, "markers.add", json!({"kind": "selection", "start": start, "end": end}));
+    e.session().markers.len() - 1
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn cut_and_insert_time_move_the_end_of_a_spanning_selection_memory_location() {
+    let (mut e, _, _) = engine("slip");
+    let a = selection_marker(&mut e, 1000, 5000);
+    let b = selection_marker(&mut e, 1000, 2500);
+    run(&mut e, "event.cut_time", json!({"start": 2000, "end": 3000}));
+    let m = &e.session().markers;
+    assert_eq!((m[a].start, m[a].end), (1000, 4000));
+    assert_eq!((m[b].start, m[b].end), (1000, 2000));
+    run(&mut e, "event.insert_time", json!({"start": 2000, "length": 1000}));
+    let m = &e.session().markers;
+    assert_eq!((m[a].start, m[a].end), (1000, 5000));
+    assert_eq!((m[b].start, m[b].end), (1000, 2000));
+}