[LAU] SC4_mono compressor question

[Steve Fosdick]

On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:38:54 +0300
Oleg Ivanenko <oivanenko at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, all!
> 
> I want to compress my bass track in Ardour using LADSPA plugin
> SC4_mono, like an area between green lines on this screenshot:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rWUnqubFxa_Vf1jlRvCQQQ?feat=directlink
> 
> But after "freezing" in Ardour track waveform seems like on this
> screenshot:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sqr7LA3s6XFvmmldc03Ehw?feat=directlink
> 
> I have expected that bottom part waveform(under bottom green line)
> will be smoothed like an top part... Am I misunderstand compressing
> fundamentals? May be I have wrong plugin settings, I mean "attack",
> "release" and so on...

Is there a significant DC offset on the signal?