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That’s not to say there is no crossover between mixing and mastering – that’s often why you find people using their DAW to get the job done.
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When it comes to mastering software though, there are many superior tools which fit the philosophy of the mastering engineer way better than your DAW. We will look at one of the best in this Blog – Steinberg’s Wavelab – one of the leaders in the field. Founded by Manfred Rürup and Karl “Charlie” Steinberg back in 1983, arguably one of the most influential software companies in the studio world. Remaining relevant through three decades of great change in the music business is no mean feat.
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There are plenty of hardware manufacturers who are proven and long in the tooth but – the world of software is the world of new inventions and is full of pioneering souls.
Some company’s come and go but with their flagships Cubase and Wavelab, Steinberg have sat comfortably on the cutting edge for most of their existence.
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Their first software released back in 1984 – Pro16 – which I believe was for the Commodore 64! Who still has one? Hands up! This simple multi-track midi sequencer (and let’s remember midi was brand new at this time also) opened up a whole world of possibilities, but it is with the next version – Pro 24- on the still legendary Atari ST, that it made the biggest impact. The legendary midi timing on the Atari is tighter than we have even today with our comparative supercomputers, and the Atari gave you 24 tracks of sequencing and novel features like quantize for those of us who play like ham-fisted mastering engineers. Steinberg wavelab 8.5 full#įast forward a couple of years and we see the birth of Cubase, which to this day remains one of the most full featured production environments there is. Cubase for Windows was not around until 1992 and Wavelab made its first appearance in 1995. The effect of people having more precise control over their editing, and a good platform for mastering had a massive impact at the time and Wavelab gained a lot of professional fans. Since then they have brought us VST, Nuendo for people in post, numerous new versions of Cubase and Wavelab so they have been a constantly active member in the evolving way we make music. In 2005 the giant Yamaha bought up the company. People often wonder about the future when a big company buys up a smaller company. Will it dilute or change it? No, Steinberg is now a further 7 years along the line and have had many successful releases during their new chapter and while there is a great influence and collaboration with the giant it seems quite a good fit. Wavelab 8.5 is definitely a product of Steinberg who are now fully in the Yamaha mould – let’s check this out. Wavelab is for Editing, Mastering and Restoration according to their site. Its design is specialized to suite these tasks and that makes its’ tools and work flow much better suited to the task. Speaking as someone who masters daily AND someone who makes sample packs and generally has a lot of audio to work on and organise – the impact it can have is massive and that’s why I wanted to share my views on it. Since I started working with Wavelab 8.5 life became a lot easier and for a multitude of reason this software is going to get a lot of use from now on.
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