Wavelab Elements will of course have a radically cut-down feature set but even so it still retains 5 of the MasterRig plug-ins, the Resampler, the audio exchange with Cubase and Nuendo and the new look interface so maybe it’s not as cut-down as one would assume. There are plenty of other new features and enhancements including direct exchange of audio with Cubase and Nuendo, new regular plug-in versions, clip-based send effect automation, new naming schemes and rendering options. The EQ, Compressor and Saturator can also support mid/side processing per band. The 6 plug-ins consist of all the usual mastering suspects Compressor, Dynamic EQ, Saturator, Limiter, Equalizer and Imager. Steinberg tell us the latest iteration of their mastering & editing software apps, WaveLab Pro 9 & WaveLab Elements 9, feature an endless number of advanced. You can create a chain of up to 8 effects within the one instance of MasterRig. English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian. MasterRig is a suite of 6 high-end multiband plug-ins – “the most powerful ever developed by Steinberg”, says the press release. Cubase is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed by Steinberg for music and MIDI.

But the most visually (and hopefully aurally) impressive addition is the MasterRig. The monitoring has been extended by M/S metering functions and a Resampler option provides easy sample rate conversion. The Master Section has been redesigned and can now accommodate 12 inserts with individual configuration including mid/side processing.

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