WaveLab

Not to be confused with WaveLab (mathematics software).

WaveLab

Developer(s)	Steinberg
Stable release	7.1 / April 21, 2011
Operating system	Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 or higher
Type	Digital audio editor
License	Proprietary
Website	Steinberg Product Page

WaveLab is a digital audio editor by Steinberg aimed at the professional as well as the semi-professional market. It supports multi-channel files, DirectX plugin, VST plugin and DVD-Audio creation. WaveLab was for a long time the main competitor to Sound Forge. Wavelab was started in 1995 and it is mainly the work of one programmer, Philippe Goultier. Cut-down versions of WaveLab include WaveLab Studio, WaveLab Essential and WaveLab LE.

Features

• Red Book-compatible CD mastering as well as DVD-A authoring
• Support for bit-rates 8-, 16-, 20-, 24-bit at up to 384 kHz
• Support for formats including WAV, AIFF, AU, MP3, MP2 (M.U.S.I.C.A.M.), RAW, Windows Media 9, AES-31 Import and Export, ...
• Spectrum Editor with sonogram view
• Phase Scope
• DIRAC Time-stretching and Pitch-shifting (WaveLab 7.1 updates DIRAC from version 2.3 to 3.2)
• Full integration of external effect hardware
• DDP (Disc Description Protocol)
• WaveLab 7.1 adds FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) support

See also

• Steinberg Cubase
• Nuendo

External links

• Steinberg - The software company that developed WaveLab

Reviews

• pcplus.co.uk
• digitalcontentproducer.com
• computervideo.net - A comparison between WaveLab and Soundforge