Topic: What's wrong with this picture - odd looking waveform

[jbraveman]

After transferring this DAT I noticed that while tracking it in CDWAVE there appeared to be a straight line throughout the WAV file.
Any ideas what this is?  There is no audible problem with the recording.

For transfer I used 60ES > Waveterminal u2a (48 >44.1) > laptop

Thanks,
Josh

[MattD]

DC? I don't know how you wouldn't hear that!

[C.Clark]

could be DC, what about white noise or something like that, a tone from the pa
created by the amplifier

[eric.B]

never seen that b4

[Dr.FOB]

This looks like a CDWave display problem.
The total waveform in the top view shows no deformation.

A DC component would appear as a shift of the waveform above or below the centerline (zero).

[jbraveman]

I think it's a DC offset problem.  I ran the analyzer in Goldwave which detected an offset. It automatically corrected it and the waveform went back to normal.
Strange.