Thread title courtesy of null dogmas.
I've never really understood the + and - portions of the wave form visualizations in most music editing software. ND tried to explain, and I read some online, but I was never much of a physics guy and anything I once knew is long gone.
Anyway, some of my recordings have always been a bit top or bottom heavy, but I have never paid much attention to it. Lately though, some of my recordings, have been far weighted to the negative (down) side. I got more concerned when I noticed that it's only significant in one channel.
I can't actually hear anything unusual, but I don't know what I would be listening for. I've read some things online saying it's likely to be some issue from the venue PA, but these recent recordings are at different venues, and I've been to both places in the past without these issues. The fact that it's only in one channel just makes me worry that there may be a problem with one of the mics, which are still pretty new.
Would appreciate any thoughts on the issue.