You get comprehensive control over the placement and sizing of your various sub-windows within that single window and, if preferred, you can also float sub-windows, for instance if you are working with multiple monitors. First, Wavelab is now based upon a single-window concept. The redesign is built around two key elements. Hey, Good LookingĪlthough the aforementioned core functionality is both retained and expanded upon in Wavelab Pro 9 it will - initially, at least - present established users with something of a surprise, as one of the key changes in this release is a fairly substantial redesign of the user interface. Here, therefore, I’ll focus on what’s new in v9.Īnd that’s quite a long list, which includes a fairly substantial reworking of the user interface, some very tempting new options for audio mastering, intriguing new Mid/Sides processing capabilities and improved links between Wavelab and Cubase for those also involved in music production. So, while the visuals may have changed somewhat - of which more in a minute - core functionality remains the same. SOS has, of course, covered these features in detail in our reviews of previous major incarnations of the software including v8 and v7 (December 2010 this was when OS X support was added to the existing Windows support). Existing users will find that v9 still delivers the full range of audio editing functionality they have come to expect. Perhaps the first thing to say, therefore, is that all those features are still present and correct. Wavelab has, over the years, developed a pretty substantial feature set. Wavelab 9 is now with us and, in line with the recent rebranding of Steinberg’s Cubase DAW package, the full version of v9 bears a ‘Pro’ label, while there is also a more streamlined version called Wavelab Elements 9.

In August 2013 ( Martin Walker looked at, and was suitably impressed by, Wavelab 8.

Its user base is a diverse one which includes musicians, audio professionals in radio, film and TV, mastering engineers, audio analysis and those involved in forensic audio.

Over its 20-year history, Wavelab has become a well established and highly sophisticated environment for the creation, editing and conversion of audio in all its forms. Wavelab Pro 9 incorporates a significant redesign of the user interface that makes it highly customisable.Ī reinvention of Wavelab’s user interface aims to make its powerful feature set easier to use.