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<h2 id="features-and-usage">Features and usage</h2> <p>In addition to recording audio from multiple sources, WaveLab can be used for post-processing of all types of audio. It is popularly used for mastering audio,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> but also facilitates basic usage such as editing <a href="/facts/Podcast/arkeh0YV">podcasts</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Single-window dockable user interface with multiple themes, fully scalable</li> <li>Maximum sample rate of 384 kHz and bit depth of 32-bit floating point</li> <li>Encodes, imports and allows editing metadata of various file formats such as <a href="/facts/WAV/ptUfKleW">WAV</a>, <a href="/facts/FLAC/TbqpHlWy">FLAC</a>, <a href="/facts/Vorbis/rqJDTF0T">OGG</a>, <a href="/facts/Audio_Interchange_File_Format/zNjxHR1C">AIFF</a>, <a href="/facts/MP3/yrBpxUSD">MP3</a> and <a href="/facts/Advanced_Audio_Coding/VAG9NpI4">AAC</a></li> <li>DDP (<a href="/facts/Disc_Description_Protocol/U0ezNN1G">Disc Description Protocol</a>) and included shareable DDP Player<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>Offline loudness analysis (EBU-compliant)</li> <li>Extensive batch processing features and scripting</li> <li>Render button to render changes to sound files while they are playing</li> <li>Spectrum Editor with various display settings and editing tools</li> <li>"Audio Inpainting" to recreate missing content by analyzing the surrounding area</li> <li>Visualizers such as a spectrometer, phase scope and wave scope</li> <li>Real-time spectrogram for playback and monitored signals</li> <li>Mid/Side viewing, processing and editing</li> <li>Modern time-stretching and pitch-shifting algorithms</li> <li>Folder watching for automatic offline processing</li> <li>Full integration of external effects hardware</li> <li>Master Section with effect slots, re-sampling, master level, final effects/dithering, playback processing and speaker configuration</li> <li>Direct exchange and ASIO driver sharing with <a href="/facts/Cubase/h5MhchD2">Cubase</a> and <a href="/facts/Nuendo/FNf0Pupo">Nuendo</a></li> <li>Various effects and processors including the MasterRig and RestoreRig plug-in bundles, and offline processors</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Steinberg_Cubase/h5MhchD2">Steinberg Cubase</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nuendo/FNf0Pupo">Nuendo</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.steinberg.net/wavelab/">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150606075411/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun98/articles/wavelab.html">Steinberg Wavelab v2 Sound On Sound review</a> (archive.org)</li> <li>Steinberg offers free versions of Cubase WaveLab and more in its <a href="https://www.musicradar.com/news/steinberg-offers-free-versions-of-cubase-wavelab-and-more-in-its-stayhome-elements-bundle">#StayHome Elements bundle</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Steinberg Wavelab v4". Sound On Sound. May 2002. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150608220458/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may02/articles/wavelab4.asp" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150608220458/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may02/articles/wavelab4.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Test: Wavelab Pro 10 - Studio Magazin". www.studio-magazin.de. <a href="https://studio-magazin.de/test-wavelab-pro-10.html" target="_blank">https://studio-magazin.de/test-wavelab-pro-10.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Willings, Sam (2019-10-15). "Steinberg announce availability of WaveLab 10". MusicTech. Retrieved 2019-12-03. <a href="https://www.musictech.net/news/steinberg-wavelab-10/" target="_blank">https://www.musictech.net/news/steinberg-wavelab-10/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Wavelab 9 mit Fenster-Docking". www.stereo.de (in German). 16 March 2016. <a href="https://www.stereo.de/artikel/wavelab-9-mit-fenster-docking" target="_blank">https://www.stereo.de/artikel/wavelab-9-mit-fenster-docking</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Steinberg WaveLab 11" (PDF). steinberg.net. <a href="https://ocl-steinberg-live.steinberg.net/_storage/asset/139890/storage/master/Pressemitteilung%20-%202021-09-08%20-%20WaveLab%2011%20-%20DE.pdf" target="_blank">https://ocl-steinberg-live.steinberg.net/_storage/asset/139890/storage/master/Pressemitteilung%20-%202021-09-08%20-%20WaveLab%2011%20-%20DE.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>