[Musikmesse] Steinberg announces WaveLab 8

WaveLab 8 will be available in two standard and Essentials version. Main new features include the management of multiple monitors/speakers, loudness metering and analyzing, and iZotope and Voxengo plug-ins integration, something Steinberg had already initiated in the latest versions of Cubase and Nuendo.

New features in WaveLab 8:

• Up to 8 monitor sets management
• EBU R-128-compliant meters, with a graph, true peak and loudness data normalizing support
• Plug-in management in a single window
• iZotope MBIT+ dithering plug-in
• Voxengo CurveEQ, Brickwall Limiter and Tube Compressor plug-ins
• Master transport panel for easier navigation in the project
• New SuperClip concept for combining multiple clips
• Master plug-in section for storing plug-in chains
• New audio editing tools: loudness management in audio parts, track lock, trim and split options, auto replay, new commands, etc.
• Metadata support
• Waveform zoom with 16-bit floating point resolution
• Batch processing
• More than 150 improvements

WaveLab 8 will be available in May for 549€, WaveLab Elements 8 will also be release at the same date for 99.99€. A trial version will also be available, and will require an eLicenser dongle. If you buy WaveLab 7/Elements from March 1st, 2013 and May 2nd, 2013, you get a free grace period. No information about the update prices. You’ll find more information at www.steinberg.net.