Steinberg WaveLab 6.1

Audio Editing and Mastering Suite

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Steinberg WaveLab 6.1 is the all-in-one solution for professional mastering, high resolution stereo and multi-channel audio editing, audio restoration, sample design, complete CD/DVD Audio production and podcast creation and publishing.

Steinberg WaveLab is the editing software of choice in top-flight mastering and restoration facilities yet its affordability has made it the ideal choice for the experienced engineer or discerning musician. Version 6 continued in the tradition of introducing new powerful and exciting features while maintaining the ease of use and workflow that make WaveLab such a fast and powerful application, and now the new version 6.1 integrates a complete Internet Publishing Toolkit supporting the full RSS 2.0 podcasting standard.

Key Features

• Sample accurate audio editing in stereo and surround
• Excellent performance and outstanding audio quality with sample rates up to 384 kHz, 32-bit floating point resolution
• Powerful Audio Montage for simultaneous editing across several tracks
• Red Book-compatible CD mastering as well as DVD-A authoring
• Comprehensive suite of real-time metering and analysis tools
• Top-end EQs, dynamics and effects, with optional VST effect plug-in integration
• Fantastic audio restoration tools
• Internet Publishing Toolkit - supports full RSS 2.0 podcasting standard
• Support for all standard audio formats including WAV, AIFF, AU, MP3, MP2 (M.U.S.I.C.A.M.), RAW, Windows Media 9, AES-31 Import und Export plus many more
• Support for all common bit-rates 8-, 16-, 20-, 24-bit at up to 384 kHz)
  
  
  

New features in Steinberg WaveLab 6.1

Podcasting

The growing internet standard of podcasting is now fully supported by WaveLab 6.1. A simple and intuitive user interface allows you to create and publish basic or complex podcasts without quitting WaveLab. The perfect integration of the new Internet Publishing Toolkit in WaveLab's audio recording and editing environment makes it a unique solution on the market. WaveLab 6.1 supports the complete podcast standard RSS 2.0 specification. In addition to audio files, video and PDF files can also be integrated, with pictures being automatically scaled to the right size.

Built-in Internet Publishing Toolkit - Full RSS 2.0 Podcasting Specification

The integrated FTP client in WaveLab 6.1 transfers podcasts quickly and efficiently to the server, whilst you can continue working on other audio files. Podcast descriptions can be imported as an HTML file and locally saved picture files are automatically saved with the audio onto the server when a podcast is published. To help create new episodes of the podcast even faster, WaveLab 6.1 includes user-definable templates. WaveLab 6.1 can also create podcasts directly for iTunes.

Registered users of WaveLab version 6.0 can download an update to version 6.1 here...

New features introduced in WaveLab 6

New Spectrum Editor

WaveLab 6 offers an advanced new Spectrum Editor with its sonogram view. This exciting new editing tool allows ultra-fine surgical editing of the audio file's frequency information, allowing a range of procedures such as the complete removal of unwanted noises or frequency ranges.

Audio Spectrum Editor
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This exceedingly flexible editor employs highest quality linear phase filters and offers many exciting new sound replacement options including cut and paste of an audio file's background ambience to another part of the file or plug-in processing on selected frequencies.

DIRAC Time-stretching and Pitch-shifting

DIRAC is among the most advanced algorithms for time-based manipulation of audio material available today. Excellent audio quality, outstanding performance and maximum precision are among the superlative qualities this technology brings to WaveLab 6. Its flexibility allows it to be used on a huge range of audio material including vocals, drum loops and classical string ensembles to name just a few.

Master Section

The settings and plug-in chain in the Master Section can now we saved as a preset with the audio file or audio montage. This allows the simultaneous editing of several audio files or versions while retaining all the vital settings in the Master Section.

Master Section: Smart Bypass
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The enhanced new Master Section now also offers a useful and time-saving new function: SmartBypass. This automatically compensates the different loudness levels of original and processed audio, allowing a lightning-quick A/B comparison.

New Audio Processors

The Crystal Resampler is a top-end new sample rate converter supporting up to 384 kHz, with other new additions including time-saving new tools such as the Loudness Normalizer and the Smat Silence plug-ins.

Audio Montage

Audio Montage
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The powerful Audio Montage environment has been upgraded even further with WaveLab 6, offering new functions such as new fade editing features, batch processing and extended import and export options.

Audio File Handling

WaveLab 6 places no limit on the size of clips, and even files exceeding 2GB in size can now be imported. Other optimizations include enhanced performance when reading and writng files, automated renaming of files as a batch process and a new file list manager handling access and sorting of up to 200 hundred recent audio files.

Analysis Tools

Level Meter
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Loudness Distribution Analysis
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WaveLab 6 offers a range of new metering and monitoring tools including the Loudness Distribution window and a new Waveform scope display. WaveLab now also supports the K-System metering standard developed by mastering legend Bob Katz.

Software and Hardware Integration

A further highlight is the full integration of external effect hardware within the digital mastering process. With WaveLab 6, any favorite analog hardware unit can be used within WaveLab, combining the advantages of both the digital editng and analog processing domains into one personalized, integrated mastering environment. Version 6 also supports MIDI remote controllers, allowing intuitive, immediate control over many software functions from a compatible hardware controller.

Steinberg WaveLab 6.1 System Requirements

• Windows XP or Windows Vista (32-bit only)
• Intel / AMD Processor 1.4 GHz minimum
• 512 MB RAM
• DVD drive required for installation
• Windows MME compatible audio hardware is required (ASIO compatible audio hardware required for low latency operation).
• USB port required for Steinberg Key (copy protection device)*
• Internet connection required for license activation

*The required Steinberg Key (USB copy protection device) is included in the full retail version only. When updating from another WaveLab version the Steinberg Key must be purchased separately. Only one Steinberg Key is required for all Steinberg products.