In a similar vein, Steinberg has improved WaveLab’s handling of multichannel interleaved audio files, now supporting up to 22.2 surround channels, as well as the Ambisonics files used in VR. Clips that reside on lanes can have clip plugins and envelopes applied to them, just like any other montage clip, and a new Auto Grouping option makes it easy to lock the lane clips together for editing. Montage tracks can be split into up to eight individual lanes, each of which can host its own independent playlist of clips. Stem mastering is an inherently fiddly process, but WaveLab has always done a decent job of simplifying the procedure as much as possible, and the new Track Lanes feature makes things that bit easier still.

(Image credit: Future) Stem mastering and multichannel files If embraced, this could bring huge efficiency savings to a typical video production workflow. And to top things off, WaveLab can now directly replace the soundtrack in a video file without impacting the video encoding in any way. Montages now fully utilise multi-core CPUs, leading to a very noticeable performance boost, particularly when moving between clips that have plugins applied to them. All of that said, we like that clip parameter automation is now possible, and look forward to it being improved in future updates. A bezier curve system, as found in Cubase and Nuendo, would be far easier to work with. As a result you need to add many awkward-to-edit intermediary nodes to guide the smoothing process.Īlso, the actual values specified by the nodes may never actually be used, because the averaging often pulls the smoothed curve away from those nodes. There is a smoothing option, but this averages-out the entire clip envelope.

On the downside, there is no way to directly control the curvature of the lines between envelope nodes. These allow you to create automation curves to control a clip’s volume, pan and plugin parameters, and work in a familiar node-to-node style. Used widely in TV, film and broadcast, there’s little this post-production powerhouse can’t do.Ĭlips have been enhanced too, with a shiny-new Clip Envelopes feature. This cross-platform audio editor/multitrack recorder is remarkably good for a free program.

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