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Blue waveform in source monitor
Hi, apologies if this is a basic question but I’m migrating my skills from Premiere and FCP to learn more about Avid and so I’m still at the beginners stage. I know how to edit audio in the timeline through switching to source/record but I’m trying to find out if it’s normal that I should see a big pixelated blue waveform in the source monitor everytime I load in some audio?
Not sure if the image below posts correctly so here’s a link instead:
https://imgur.com/gallery/kIYQUTf
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7 Replies
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Yes, that is normal and has been this way since the original Avid/1 Media Composer released in December of 1989. It is only an icon representing the fact that it is an audio-only clip (and for historical trivia, the waveform is the word f**k) and has no bearing on the actual waveform presentation of the clip at that point in time. It has been a really long-time feature request to do more, even something like what is available in Source Settings, but no change yet. Switching the source/record is the workaround as you’ve discovered.
Michael
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Hi Michael, thanks for you reply. Are there any options in Avid to change it or turn it off in the source monitor?
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There are not. ☹
Michael
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Flabbergasted. I have never ever seen that blue thing in the Source monitor. Nor do I see it when I load an audio-only clip in a project with fresh user settings…
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I believe Job is right and I did not want to be misleading – the blue/black waveform is only in the bin thumbnail view and not in the Source monitor when loading an audio-only source clip. Now why it shows up in your source monitor is quite the mystery.
Michael
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I have the same issue. When you know how to fix it let me know;)
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Just went back into MC, latest version and also see the blue waveform in the source monitor:
Michael
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