diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/BottomBar.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/BottomBar.cs
index 5994184c11..62caaced89 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/BottomBar.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/BottomBar.cs
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Effects;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
 using osu.Game.Overlays;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Components;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Components.Timelines.Summary;
 using osuTK;
+using osuTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
 {
@@ -26,6 +29,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
 
             Height = 60;
 
+            Masking = true;
+            EdgeEffect = new EdgeEffectParameters
+            {
+                Colour = Color4.Black.Opacity(0.2f),
+                Type = EdgeEffectType.Shadow,
+                Radius = 10f,
+            };
+
             InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
             {
                 new Box
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Timing/WaveformComparisonDisplay.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Timing/WaveformComparisonDisplay.cs
index c80d3c4261..d212738d8d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Timing/WaveformComparisonDisplay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Timing/WaveformComparisonDisplay.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Timing
 
             for (int i = 0; i < total_waveforms; i++)
             {
-                AddInternal(new WaveformRow
+                AddInternal(new WaveformRow(i == total_waveforms / 2)
                 {
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                     RelativePositionAxes = Axes.Both,
@@ -177,17 +177,29 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Timing
 
         internal class WaveformRow : CompositeDrawable
         {
+            private readonly bool isMainRow;
             private OsuSpriteText beatIndexText = null!;
             private WaveformGraph waveformGraph = null!;
 
             [Resolved]
             private OverlayColourProvider colourProvider { get; set; } = null!;
 
+            public WaveformRow(bool isMainRow)
+            {
+                this.isMainRow = isMainRow;
+            }
+
             [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
             private void load(IBindable<WorkingBeatmap> beatmap)
             {
                 InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
                 {
+                    new Box
+                    {
+                        Colour = colourProvider.Background3,
+                        Alpha = isMainRow ? 1 : 0,
+                        RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    },
                     waveformGraph = new WaveformGraph
                     {
                         RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,