Help! More Wwveform amplitude above the line than below??

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Never seen this before, probably cause I'm young...but: Voice talent sent
me voice tracks, when I look at the wave form there's much more amplitude
ABOVE the zero line than below. I usually get files from folks where it's
equal above and below zero line. He said it's his TC electronics Gold
channel that causes this to happen. Yes I'm a babe in the woods, so have at
me..but can anyone give me a helpful answer? Is this a problem? What causes
it? Help!

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Mike, Thanks. He says he doesn't get this from going direct into Sound forge
from another preamp. It's only when using (I can tell there's compression)
Gold channel. He's may not be reporting it accurately. So nothing to worry
about. Thanks.


"Mike Rivers" <mrivers@d-and-d.com> wrote in message
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>
> In article <Vf5Yc.1409$Es2.1994961@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> sean@nospam.us
> writes:
>
>> Never seen this before, probably cause I'm young...but: Voice talent
>> sent
>> me voice tracks, when I look at the wave form there's much more amplitude
>> ABOVE the zero line than below. I usually get files from folks where it's
>> equal above and below zero line. He said it's his TC electronics Gold
>> channel that causes this to happen.
>
> There could be a DC offset, but more likely you're just seeing
> non-symmetry typical of the male voice. How would he know what his
> Gold Channel is doing, anyway?
>
>
> --
> I'm really Mike Rivers (mrivers@d-and-d.com)
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> lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
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Thank you both!



"ScotFraser" <scotfraser@aol.com> wrote in message
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> << Voice talent sent
> me voice tracks, when I look at the wave form there's much more amplitude
> ABOVE the zero line than below. >>
>
> Not real common with voices, but quite common
> with certain instruments. Trumpets tend to have pretty assymetrical
> waveforms,
> more below than above the zero line. Some bowed strings also. And
> percussion is
> all over the map.
>
> Scott Fraser