That is the "thing" about computers. If you click enough stuff something will happen, maybe good, maybe bad.
I clicked Show Custom in Header and the red wave was replaced by the microphone. When I reset it the red thing came back, then I just started my usual random clicking temper tantrum, and poof, it went away. I searched through all the icons, and none of them appear to be that red wave thing. In any case, it is gone. Thanks.
I was worried that it actually meant something, that something in the effects chain or somewhere else was overloading. That did not appear to be the case.