off "centered" waveforms

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Tell me again...what does it mean when the bottom is "peaking" like this a lot more than the top?....phase issues or something? nothing?? haha...

that's a stereo wav file obviously, so don't get confused...ha.
 

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possibly DC off-set

tell us about your set up...mic, pre-amp and if you're using any pre-amp features like, phase reversal, pad or low freq roll-off. If you are using any of these, try again switching them in and out...see if you see any changes.
 
k... Q10, those preamps, nothing else really.
What you're looking at is an entire mix in cd architect. just to listen on other systems (burn a test cd) to see how it sounds so far.

I do phase reversal of some things, and roll offs, only on VEGAS with DX effects - nothing at the preamp level...
 
It really doesn't look that offset to me. A good way to tell is if you zoom in on the beginning of the file (before the music starts) and see if the silence at the beginning is at zero or not. If it isn't, that is DC offset. If it is, you could have a compressor set too fast on the instrument that is making all those peaks (I'm assuming it's the drums)
 
Farview said:
It really doesn't look that offset to me. A good way to tell is if you zoom in on the beginning of the file (before the music starts) and see if the silence at the beginning is at zero or not. If it isn't, that is DC offset. If it is, you could have a compressor set too fast on the instrument that is making all those peaks (I'm assuming it's the drums)
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I agree it's probably the compressor. But they look uniform throughout, so unless you are getting some serious clipping and it sounds like dog doo, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
 
cool. And nah, it sounds fine - but I'll check it out and let yall know anyway!
 
i'm not sure why but some times with a specific instrument/mic setup it just works like that.

my tromboneplayer has 2 trombones, and i have 3 57's (he likes the sharp sound of a 57 on his horn) and with any combonation the wave form is always off center (up)

i've seen this with other instrument/mic combos over time (i remember the trombone because it comes up a lot) and i've never seen it bad enough to be some kinda problem so i just never worried about it.
 
I think that it comes from phase and also can happen when recording in stereo.

There is a recorded part that is partially getting canceled out.

Your recording looks like it has only a minor problem and nothing to worry about
but, you are missing some sound from it.

I very seldom will record things out of phase from each other.
One of the only reasons I can think of doing this is when you cant hear something because it was canceled out by something else.
Usually if this cancellation of sound accurse I will pan them away from each other and EQ the sounds to a slightly different freq.


Hope this helps?
 
I'm would agree that there's little to worry about here...I am curious however...have you tried to analyze the individual tracks for this anomoly? I wonder if it's one specific mic or pre.
 
Some sounds are just tilted more one way or the other. Back in the AM radio days, DJs had a phase switch. They would find that their voice was louder with the switch a certain way. The waveform os some sounds are just lob-sided, that is part of what makes a (pick an instrument) sound like a (pick the same instrument).
 
Well, I'm pretty sure it's the kick drum that we are visually seeing there.

however, All the tracks are lined up on the kick drum hit so that all the scoops are being scooped...etc. ...oh well...ha.
 
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