Steinberg WaveLab Pro 12 Mastering Software Suite

Truthfully, it’s overly simplistic to label Steinberg’s WaveLab Pro 12 as “mastering software” when its capabilities extend way beyond. With close to 80 (yes, 80) new features and improvements, WaveLab Pro 12 represents one of the most significant upgrades in the product’s history! An absolute smorgasbord of new productivity functions and visual analysis tools enables you to hear, see, edit, and finish your audio with more precision than ever before. Multicolor Waveform Spectral Editing offers even greater visual contrast; Loudness Matching quickly and easily compares your reference track to the Audio Montage’s output (and vice versa). And, for the first time, WaveLab’s Audio Editor can now function as an ARA plug-in inside your DAW. There are also revamped asset management and project structure systems, Loudness Analysis and Reporting, new plug-ins, and much more. In summary, Steinberg WaveLab Pro 12 belongs in the library of every mastering engineer and anyone working in audio archiving/restoration, forensic audio, sound design, podcasting, journalism, and content creation.

Note: Steinberg Nuendo/Cubase 13, Cockos Reaper 7, and PreSonus Studio One 6.5 have all been officially approved for WaveLab Pro 12’s ARA Plug-in compatibility. Other DAW compatibility may vary. 

Steinberg WaveLab Pro 12 Mastering Software Suite Features:

• The definitive software for mastering, with close to 80 new features and improvements!
• Use WaveLab’s powerful Audio Editor as an ARA plug-in within your DAW
• Drag-and-drop any audio selection (with or without effects) from WaveLab and its ARA extension to any other application
• Generate personalized, detailed reports about all loudness and peak level information for both pre-/post-mastered audio with Loudness Analysis and Reporting
• Audio Montage’s Meta Normalizer receives 3 new functions — set the active clip’s loudness and shift others; peak normalize the predominant clip and shift others; or normalize the peak level
• Match the loudness of your Audio Montage output to your reference tracks for immediate and accurate A/B comparisons and utilize 5 different filters to isolate specific frequency bands
• Automatic transient markers provide visual aid for instantly snapping selections to transient and release points for improved editing workflow
• A wide range of new visual analysis tools, including Multicolor Waveforms, Audio Loudness Representation Overlay, and more
• New Startup Assistant with templates, an extended session management section, and a web display panel make it effortless to begin new projects
• Redesigned Audio Montage file structure more effectively organizes your Audio Montage assets
• Entire projects can be saved as consolidated folders or ZIP archives
• Null Test Track audio measurement method provides enhanced quality assurance
• New plug-ins: SampleAlign, BlackValve, VoxComp, Raiser, EQ-P1A, and EQ-M5
• Optional Crossfades for all standard editing actions reduce editing time and increase productivity
• Automatically zoom to waveform peaks for more speed when editing adjacent loud and quiet sections
• More than 60 additional productivity features, including 1,000+ tooltips, an “ignore all VST2 plug-ins” option, markers that can be created from CSV files, and much more