New Features

A newly added error correction method that enables you to remove tiny clicks from your audio by drawing a line to replace the corrupted sample. See Correction Tab in the Audio Editor.

This new option on the Output tab of the Batch Processor automatically recreates the original folder structure when you render files to an output location. See Output Tab (Batch Processor).

When you play back audio files in the File Browser window, you can now optionally play back the audio file through the Master Section plug-ins. See File Browser Window.

If you select an audio file in the File Browser window, the corresponding metadata is now displayed in the Metadata window and the metadata section of the Info tab. See File Browser Window.

You can now quickly switch playback between the left/right, mid/side, channel clusters, or both the left/right or mid/side audio channels. See Playing Back Focused Audio Channels.

You can now create an audio montage from multiple or all audio files that are opened in WaveLab Pro. Each audio file is added to the audio montage as a clip. See Creating Audio Montages from Multiple Audio Files.

The Insert Audio Files dialog contains the following new options: When you insert multiple audio files to an audio montage, you can now sort the audio files according to their metadata track number or file name. You can now specify the position of the first clip that is inserted to the audio montage. You can now add the clips to the audio montage on separate tracks, one clip after the other. See Insert Audio Files Dialog.

In the audio montage, you can now copy the selected range as a clip to a muted lane. This allows you to edit the selected range with external editors while keeping a backup of the original selected range. See Creating Clips from Selection Ranges.

WaveLab Pro now allows you to directly upload your Podcast to the Podcast Host Services Blubrry and Captivate. See Podcast.

In the Audio Editor, you can now click the channel control area to move the edit cursor and the selection range to another channel. See Selecting Channels in Audio Files.

You can now hide ticks on the Bars and Beats ruler. See Time Format Dialog.

In the File Browser window, you can now synchronize the folder tree to the file list, so that the folder that is selected in the file list will also be shown in the folder tree. See File Browser Window.

You can now double-click a channel cluster of a multichannel audio file in the channel control area to select it in the Master Section. See Processing Individual Channel Clusters via the Master Section.

You now have the option to automatically create crossfades when you move a clip on a lane so that it overlaps another clip located on another lane of the same track. See Fade Tab (Audio Montage).

In the Clips window, you can now quickly move a clip to another track or lane. See Moving Clips to Another Track or Lane in the Clips Window.

The envelope curve at -∞ dB is now easier to see. Also, gray envelope points at the start of a fade-in or at the end of a fade-out make it easier to see short fades even when you have fully zoomed out. See Level Envelopes.

You now have the Remove All Plug-ins option to remove all plug-ins in the Montage Effects pane of the Inspector window. See Removing Effects from Tracks, Track Groups, Clips, or the Montage Output.

You now have the Remove All Plug-ins from Selected Clips option to remove all effects from the selected clips. See Removing Effects from Selected Clips.

In the XML Audio Description dialog, you can now open a window which allows you to see a preview of the XML file with the settings that you have made in the XML Audio Description dialog taken into account. You can also select an XML file that WaveLab Pro analyzes according to the settings you have made in the XML Audio Description dialog. See XML Audio Description Dialog.

You can now process the Supervision plug-in on multiple cores to improve graphics performances. See Plug-ins Tab (Preferences).

In the Audio Editor, you can now show a transparent playback cursor for muted audio channels. See Style Tab (Audio Files Preferences).

In the audio montage, you can now dim the part of the playback cursor that overlaps muted tracks. See Style Tab (Audio Montages Preferences).

In the File Browser window, you can now right-click a folder and quickly add it to the favorite folders list. See Adding Folders to the Favorite Folders List.

In the Audio Editor, you can now double-click the Vertical Zoom control to switch between an optimized height and the default zoom. See Zooming Using the Zoom Controls.

You can now trigger the Play from Anchor playback option with the Space bar. See Transport Bar.

In the Metadata dialog, you can now add the track number to the TRCK metadata field on the RIFF tab. See Metadata Dialog.

If you are not in the Audio Editor, you can now Alt/Opt-click Record on the transport bar or press Alt/Opt-R to quickly open the Recording dialog. See Recording Dialog.

In the Audio Montage window, you can now activate/deactivate record-enable via Ctrl/Cmd-: and monitor track via :. See Recording in the Audio Montage Window.

For the fader values in the Master Level pane of the Master Section window, you can now specify whether to display one or two decimals after the separator. See Master Level Pane.

If the Siblings auto grouping option is activated and you double-click the lower area of a clip, all clip siblings are also selected. If several clips are already selected, double-clicking the lower area of a clip only selects this clip. See Edit Tab (Audio Montage).

This plug-in is a fully customizable multimeter audio analyzer for professional productions. SuperVision lets you choose from several different modules for signal, spectral, phase, spatial, and waveform analysis. This plug-in suite allows you to create your own custom layout with up to nine module slots with individual display settings for each module to give you a supremely accurate visual picture of your sound. It is described in the separate document Plug-in Reference.

WaveLab Pro now supports multichannel interleaved audio files up to a 22.2 channel layout. Ambisonics files up to 7th order (64 channels) are also supported. See Multichannel Audio Files.

You can now add tracks to track groups and apply effects, gain settings, and pan settings to track groups. This is useful for stem-mastering, for example. See Track Groups.

You can divide tracks into lanes. This allows you to place clips on the same track on different lanes in parallel for stem mastering, for example. See Lanes.

The multichannel support in audio montages has been improved. See Multichannel Operations in the Audio Montage.

You can now use clip envelopes for parameter automation. You can add clip envelopes for VST 3 plug-in parameters, volume, pan, and wet/dry. See Parameter Automation with Clip Envelopes.

Ducking allows you to control the level of an audio track with another audio track. This is commonly used to control the music level of one track with the voice level on another track. See Track Ducking.

The Inspector window now allows you to clean up and enhance your tracks. You can use the DeEsser, DeNoiser, and DeHummer to clean your audio. The Voice Exciter, Reverb, EQ, and Maximizer allow you to enhance your audio. See Inspector Window.

WaveLab Pro can now read and write multi mono audio files in the formats .wav, .amb, and .ambix. See Ambisonics Mixes.

MixConvert V6 is a plug-in that converts one multi-channel audio source into another multi-channel destination. It is most frequently used to downmix a multi-channel surround mix into a format with fewer channels, for example, a 5.1 surround mix into a stereo mix. See MixConvert V6.

You can now replace the audio track of a video with another audio file. See Replacing Audio in Video.

WaveLab Pro now allows you to directly upload your Podcast to Podcast Host Services. See Podcast.

WaveLab Pro can now use multiple CPU cores to process the audio montage during playback and file rendering. See All Audio Montages Tab (Audio Montages Preferences).

The Frequency 2 equalizer provides eight bands, each of which can be individually set to dynamic filtering for a more dynamic mix. You can also find mid/side channel support and Linear Phase mode for each band, Auto Listen to hear the adjustments you have made, a spectrum display and even a musical keyboard to help you find the right tone. The plug-in is described in the separate document Plug-in Reference.

This dynamic plug-in combines up and down compression for up to three bands. Use it to help your lead sounds cut through the mix, tame aggressive bass lines, or enhance subtle, spacey reverberation. The plug-in is described in the separate document Plug-in Reference.

This new plug-in helps you to get a better, cleaner mix. You can place audio tracks in the stereo field independently in up to four bands, allowing you to expand or reduce the stereo width of your sound. The individual scope and correlation displays help you to get your panning absolutely perfect. The plug-in is described in the separate document Plug-in Reference.

Quadrafuzz v2 is a multi-band distortion and multi-effect plug-in for processing drums and loops but also for treatment of vocals, for example. You can distort up to 4 bands. 5 different distortion modes with several sub-modes are available. The plug-in is described in the separate document Plug-in Reference.

DeReverb allows you to remove reverb from the input signal in real time. The plug-in uses an impulse response that is generated by a physical model based on adjustable parameters and a learning function. The plug-in is described in the separate document Plug-in Reference.

The External FX plug-in now has a level meter for the Send Gain and Return Gain. You can also add images of your external gear to the plug-in. See External FX Plug-in.

WaveLab Pro now supports multi-core processing for audio montages. This allows for faster processing of audio montages with multiple tracks, clips, and effects. The audio signal in WaveLab Pro is processed in the following way: First clips, then tracks, and then clip groups are each processed in parallel. After that, the output is processed. If you are using the Master Section, this is processed last. See Audio Montage.

In the Render tab of the Audio Montage window, you can now select the following additional parts of your audio montage as the source for rendering: Active Track, Active Track Group, All Selected Tracks, All Track Groups. See Render Tab (Audio Montage).

The Title Navigator pop-up menu allows you to quickly navigate between titles that spread over multiple tracks or lanes in your audio montage. See Title Navigator.

The routing of audio montage channels to the montage output channels has been improved. The Track Routing dialog (former Track Channel Dispatching dialog) has been updated. See Track Routing Dialog.

You can now make selection ranges on multiple tracks for copy/paste operations in the Audio Montage window. See Selection Ranges in Audio Montages.

You can now copy clips to other tracks with or without the plug-in and envelope settings of the clips. See Copying Clips to Other Tracks.

You can now undo/redo operations for each plug-in window. This is independent from the undo/redo functions in other parts of WaveLab Pro. See Undoing/Redoing Operations in Plug-in Windows.

You can quickly compare two independent plug-in parameter settings in plug-in windows. See Comparing Two Plug-in Settings.

Lin Pro Dither is a dithering plug-in that offers additional noise shaping to increase the apparent signal-to-noise ratio by altering the spectrum of the low-level audio signal. Lin Pro Dither replaces the MBit+ and UV22HR dithering plug-ins. If you open a Master Section preset, a batch process, or an audio montage that references the MBit+ or UV22HR plug-ins, these are replaced with the Lin Pro Dither plug-in. The parameter settings are reset to default. The Lin Pro Dither plug-in is described in the separate document Plug-in Reference.

You can now add 5 plug-ins to the Playback Processing pane in the Master Section. See Playback Processing Pane.

You can now add comments to markers when you create markers via the Create Marker dialog. See Create Marker Dialog.

The Wavescope meter displays a real-time waveform drawing of the audio signal being monitored. See Wavescope.

The Auto Split dialog has been improved. You can decide whether to exclude or keep silent parts when splitting the file. Also, the options Create Audio Montage and Add Clips to It, Remove Audio Outside Regions (Process In-Place), and Mute Audio Outside Regions (Process In-Place) have been enhanced with additional splitting options. See Auto Split.

You can now save/load plug-in chains in the Batch Processor window. See Saving/Loading Plug-in Chains in the Batch Processor.

If the files that you reference in your batch processor file have been renamed or moved to a different location, you can now use Find and Replace to quickly change the file names and file locations in your batch process list. See Finding and Replacing File Names and Locations in the Batch Processor.

You can now import text files that contain a list with file paths to your batch processor. You can also export the file paths in your batch processor as a text file. See Importing and Exporting File Lists in the Batch Processor.

The Podcast Editor has been enhanced and renamed to RSS Feed. See RSS Feed Editor.

You can now specify custom names for your audio ports in the Audio Connections tab. See Specifying Custom Names for Audio Ports.

You can specify a dedicated speaker to send the audio stream of mono files to. See Sending Mono File Audio Streams to a Dedicated Speaker.

The Startup dialog has been improved. See Startup Dialog.

You can now shift your selection by its length to the left or right. See Audio Range Selection in an Audio File.

The channel selection mode allows you to switch between selecting all channels and selecting individual channels when you click and drag in the wave window. See Selecting Channels in Audio Files.

You can save your effect parameter settings for VST 3 and VST 2 plug-ins as the default effect preset. See Saving Default Presets for VST Plug-ins.

You can now include notes that you have written in the Notes window when you create an audio montage template based on an audio montage. See Audio Montage Template Dialog.

If your audio device setup does consist of less speakers than audio channels in your multichannel audio file, you can assign different speakers to the same audio port to play back the multichannel file on stereo speakers, for example. See Playing Back Multichannel Files.

The Stop When Record Position Reaches Next Marker option now allows you to automatically stop recording when the record position reaches the next visible marker of the montage. Hidden markers are not taken into account. See Track Control Area for Stereo and Mono Tracks.

The track peak meter in the audio montage now shows the volume level for the left channel and the right channel of stereo tracks independently. See Track Peak Meter.

There are now more options for creating or extending time selections in audio montages in the Extend pop-up menu in the Time Selection section on the Edit tab. See Edit Tab (Audio Montage).

You can now select multiple tracks at once. This allows you to group and ungroup multiple tracks at the same time or render multiple independent tracks, for example. See Selecting Tracks.

When you insert a stereo audio file into a mono track, you can decide whether to automatically create a stereo track, split the stereo file on two mono tracks, or split the stereo track on two lanes. See Insert Stereo Audio Files into Mono Tracks or Vice Versa.

You can now activate Omit Reference Tracks from Select Commands to exclude the selection commands in the Select menu of the CD window from reference tracks. See Clips Window.

You now have additional possibilities for adding multiple envelope curve points. See Adding Envelope Curve Points.

You can show or hide panes in the Inspector window to focus on the panes that you need. See Showing/Hiding Panes in the Inspector Window.

You can now press Alt/Opt-. on your keyboard to cancel rendering processes that run in the background. See Canceling Background Tasks.

WaveLab Pro can now identify the plug-in chain and the file format in XML input files in the batch processor. See XML Input.

The Restrict Scaling to Multiples of 100 option allows you to decide whether the scaling factor must be multiples of 100 or if intermediate ratios are allowed. See Display Tab (Global Preferences).

The Suspend Track Plug-In Processing When Audio Is Silent option allows you to bypass track plug-ins and track group plug-ins if their input signal is silent. See All Audio Montages Tab (Audio Montages Preferences).

You can now specify whether to add the level/fade or pan envelope before or after clip effects when creating new clips. See All Audio Montages Tab (Audio Montages Preferences).