Steinberg Wavelab 12 arrives with a Plethora of new Features

24 Jan by Lasse Eilers |

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Steinberg has released Wavelab 12! The latest version of the audio editing and mastering software comes with a long list of new features, including the ability to run Wavelab as a plugin in your favorite DAW. Here’s what’s new.

Steinberg Wavelab 12

Not surprisingly, Steinberg touts Wavelab 12 as the biggest release of the mastering software to date, with nearly 80 new features and improvements. While some of those are of course smaller fixes that you might not even notice, others are big news.

The most significant new feature of Steinberg Wavelab 12 is a new ARA plugin that allows you to run Wavelab’s audio editor as a plugin in ARA-compatible DAWs like Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, or Studio One. This means that you can now use Wavelab’s advanced editing features to edit audio in your favorite DAW during the production phase. Very nice!

Wavelab 12 also visualizes audio waveforms in multiple colors that correspond to the spectral content. This provides an immediate visual indication of the frequency content of a file, which can be very helpful in pinpointing specific sections or audio content. Furthermore, Wavelab 12 also adds transient markers automatically, thereby letting you snap the selection to transient points for quicker navigation and more efficient editing.

Other new Features and Plugins

Wavelab 12 also offers improved features for exchanging audio with other applications. You can now seamlessly transfer any audio range from Wavelab to any other software. There are no size limits or other restrictions to this. Moreover, all standard editing actions within Wavelab can now automatically be associated with crossfades, which can save a lot of time during the editing process.

Other key workflow improvements include automatic waveform zoom to peaks, synchronized audio file and montage navigation, and automatic loudness matching of reference tracks to the audio montage output and vice versa for accurate A/B comparisons.

The list of new features is indeed very long, Steinberg was’t kidding. In addition to the ones I’ve already mentioned, it includes improvements like a new startup assistant, better asset management, frequency band monitoring, Null Test Tracks, and a new built-in ASIO driver for Windows. The full list is available on Steinberg’s site.

The Pro version of Steinberg Wavelab 12 also comes with a bunch of new plugins, including the Black Valve and VoxComp compressors, Raiser limiter, and a couple of Pultec EQ emulations.

Get Steinberg Wavelab 12 today!

As before, Steinberg Wavelab 12 is available in Pro and Elements versions. You can now get Wavelab Pro 12 from Thomann* for $444. Wavelab Elements 12 is $89 at Thomann*.

Steinberg Wavelab Pro 12 Download

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Steinberg Wavelab Elements 12 Download

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The software runs on macOS Monterey or higher or Windows 10/11 (64 bit).

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