The biggest ever release for audio mastering
With close to 80 new features and improvements, WaveLab 12 is the biggest ever release for audio mastering and editing. The best choice for world-class mastering facilities, music studios, and ambitious hobbyists alike, WaveLab 12’s array of state-of-the-art tools has something for everyone working with music and sound.
ARA plug-in
You can now use WaveLab within another DAW, thanks to WaveLab’s powerful Audio Editor now being available as an ARA plug-in. Allowing you to directly edit your audio files with WaveLab 12’s advanced editing features from within your favorite DAW: Cubase 13, Nuendo 13, Reaper 7, and Studio One 6.5 have all been fully approved for seamless compatibility.
Rainbow waveform
You can now visualize audio waveforms in multiple colors, which highlight the spectral content. Fully customizable coloration assists with the instant recognition of specific audio features.
Automatic transient markers
This feature offers optional visual guidance which aids with snapping audio selection to transient and release points, streamlining the editing process. You can also use the tab key for swift navigation forwards and backwards across transient points, speeding up your workflow.
No limits to audio exchange with other applications
Seamlessly transfer any audio range, with or without effects, from WaveLab to any other application, without any limits or restrictions. The new drag and drop and copy/paste functions help to radically streamline your workflow across diverse platforms, even when using the ARA extension.
Extended copy and paste functionality
You can now optionally associate all standard editing actions with a crossfade option, enabling smooth transitions throughout the editing process.
Automatic waveform zoom to peaks
You can automatically zoom to the peaks of the waveform’s visible part. As you scroll/zoom horizontally into a quiet section, the waveform expands to fill the vertical zoom.
Synchronized audio file and montage navigation
This provides the option to synchronize scrolling and zooming across selected audio files and/or montages, providing a convenient way to visually compare different versions.
Highlights
- WaveLab inside your favorite DAW - Use WaveLab’s powerful Audio Editor as an ARA plug-in within your favorite DAW.
- Multi-color waveform - Visualize audio waveforms in multiple colors, which highlight the spectral content.
- Drag & Drop audio exchange with other DAWs - Seamlessly transfer any audio range, with or without effects, from WaveLab to any other application, without limits or restrictions.
- Loudness Analysis and Reporting - Generate personalized reports detailing all aspects of loudness and peak levels within your audio files and montages.
- Loudness matching - Match the loudness of reference tracks to the Audio Montage output and vice versa, for instantaneous, accurate A/B comparisons between mastered audio and reference sources.
- Automatic transient markers - Optional visual guidance which aids for snapping audio selections to transient and release points.
- Visual analysis - Explore the spectral details of your audio files and montages in minute detail with this wide range of visual analysis tools.
- New Startup Assistant - Featuring an extended session management section and a web display panel.
- Streamlined Audio Montage asset management - Simplify the organization of your audio montages with a revamped structure which operates from a central folder housing files and other folders.
- New Null Test Track- This feature is a widely adopted audio measurement method for quality assurance.
- New plug-ins- SampleAlign, BlackValve Compressor, VoxComp Compressor, Raiser Limiter, EQ-P1A and EQ-M5
Technical Specifications
- Operating systems (Windows)
- 64-bit Windows 11 Version 22H2 (or higher), 64-bit Windows 10 Version 22H2 (or higher)
- Operating systems (Mac)
- macOS Monterey, macOS Ventura, macOS Sonoma
- Apple silicon–based Mac
- Rosetta 2 App, Native App
- CPU minimum (Windows)
- Intel® Core™ i5 (4th Generation) or AMD Ryzen™
- CPU minimum (Mac)
- Intel® Core™ i5 (mid 2013 or later) or Apple silicon
- CPU cores
- 4 or more
- RAM minimum
- 8 GB
- Hard disk free space (core installation)
- 1 GB
- Hard disk free space
- 75 GB
- Display resolution minimum at 100% UI scaling
- 1440 x 900
- Display resolution recommended
- 1920 x 1080
- Graphics minimum (Windows)
- Graphics card with native Windows 10 support
- Graphics recommended (Windows)
- AMD R or RX series and later or NVIDIA Series 700 and later
- Graphics (Mac)
- Graphics card with Metal support
- Graphics (GPU memory)
- 4 GB or higher for 4k displays
- OS compatible audio hardware
- Yes
- ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low-latency performance
- Yes
- Internet connection for
- license activation, installer download, account sign up and product registration
