Waveform question

[Electric_Head]

I understand the concept but can't see how it applies to this waveform.

[Hollotronic]

I made an edit to my post to include this link:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may13/a ... 0513-1.htm

That explains why the waveform would be lopsided.

[__________]

DC offset. Seen it affect many mixdowns!
High pass filter it at anything above 1Hz. That'll make it go away.

[f1rstsense]

Yea its probably the air in out thing for removing the offset didn't seem to change the form that much. And also it is quite a 'sucky' and 'weird' sound imho. (for those wondering check the the first midrange bass sound in the drop of the track i posted in WIP thread, thats the owner of this waveform) -- dont get me wrong i dont mean to fish for feedback just wanting to show off .

[MrBaxter]

From Hollotronic's Link:

"this natural waveform asymmetry is often attributed to a 'DC offset', but that's not the case at all. A DC offset is a specific fault condition where the varying AC audio signal voltage is offset by a constant DC voltage, and the 'tell-tale' is that, although the waveform might look asymmetrical, a decaying signal waveform settles away (offset) from the centre zero-line."

SOS then goes on to identify the complex phase relationships of harmonically complex sounds as the probable culprit.

"In combining different frequency signals with differing phase relationships, the result is often a distinctly asymmetrical waveform, and that waveform asymmetry often changes and evolves over time, too. That's just what happens when complex related signals are superimposed."

It doesn't have an effect on the stereo image, it doesn't have an effect on the sonic quality, it however does take up more headroom as the waveform will clip earlier than a symmetrical signal at the same relative level.

The way around that is a phase rotator, which shifts the phases of harmonics so that a more desirable waveform can be created, increasing headroom.

Apparently lopsided waveforms are common among vocal sounds, so that could be the problem too.

[ARTFX]

Apparently lopsided waveforms are common among vocal sounds, so that could be the problem too.

Have you ever seen waveforms of horn instruments? Almost always lopsided parts in there.

[6000]

The part of the waveform that is above the line is pushing, and the part below is pulling.

Naaaaaah... where you are on the waveform (above the line, below the line) is the position of the speaker at a certain time. If the waveform is increasing, it's pushing. If it's decreasing, it's pulling.

[Icetickle]

So should I go and bounce every element in my track to see if I have this problem even if everything sounds fine?