Alexander Cox Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 When I zoom in on my waveforms in Logic (10.6.3, running on Mac OS 10.15.7) the waveform samples look incredibly pixelated and strange. Is this normal, or some kind of file corruption? I had an issue with Melodyne recently where it warned that the file was corrupted and the waveforms looked the same from within the Melodyne UI (square, jagged and pixelated as opposed to smoothly joined). I was concerned then, and now i'm noticing that all my waveforms look like this. Just want to check that something very wrong isn't happening to al my logic audio as I'm mid-way through a very big client job! Any ideas?! Thank you for any advice, Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 That is actually normal: you're zoomed in so close that you can see every individual sample as a tiny horizontal line showing you the value of that sample. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Cox Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 Thanks David (and also, thanks for such a ridiculously quick response). Great news! Other software I have used in the past for audio editing shows a diagonal line joining each sample value, making it look less jagged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, Alexander Cox said: Other software I have used in the past for audio editing shows a diagonal line joining each sample value, making it look less jagged. Yes, that's however only visual, the numbers are the same. In fact if you go to the Audio File editor you can. have that kinda-smooth view with diagonals joining the dots. But yes basically, don't worry about it. And you're welcome! 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia Healey Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 On 7/1/2022 at 1:25 AM, Alexander Cox said: Thanks David (and also, thanks for such a ridiculously quick response). Great news! Other software I have used in the past for audio editing shows a diagonal line joining each sample value, making it look less jagged. And easier to edit, Alexander. In Pro Tools you can tell where a click or 'mechanical/digital sound" is because it looks jagged. Impossible to do here with everything looking jagged. Strike one in my move from PT to Logic. Thanks for the question - I thought I was going mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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