unbalanced cooledit waveform

[revamp]

hi, i've just bought the Tube MP by ART and own a Unidirectional Low-End microphone by AudioTechnica.

I am trying to record on cooledit pro and faced with a problem. It seems that when I record the waveform is more dominant at the bottom, it doesn't want to stay centered. I am recording in mono. is anyone else faced with this problem. any help will be appreciated. thank you.

 

[mixsit]

It's not that unusual and may just indicate some harmonic distortion from the tube. How about with the tube dialed out?

 

[revamp]

ok i've experimented around and discovered a few things:

1) it doesn't do it if i plug the guitars and not the microphone

2) if i use the Low to High Impedance transformer the problem is reduced to about 80%

i think that the problem may be with the microphone. it has been dropped and has a big dent on it. what do you think? it's a vocal microphone

 

[mixsit]

It may not indicate a problem at all. The mic may just be driving it harder than the guitar. Does it sound ok?
Did you try comparing it at it's cleanest setting vs lots-o-toob. Seems like I recall the 'Blue Toob' doing the same thing even set 'clean'.