More news from the man himself
linkyA list of all feature additions and improvements of WaveLab 6 compared to its predecessor.
A big feature is not more described than a minor one.
I hope this list will be made available in a better formatted way soon (PDF)
Philippe
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Environment
WaveLab now supports Windows XP Styles for windows, menus and dialogs
MIDI command support allows triggering of WaveLab functions as well as audio scrubbing
Smarter navigation between document windows with the Tab key
Save screenshot of active window, including plug-ins
Audio file information can be copied to the Windows clipboard
RMS reference to the AES17 standard on/off
Mouse wheel control of Master Section faders on/off
Waveform/Track “point and drag” scrolling with the mouse wheel button
Improved Preference dialog
Improved VST plug-in management (preferences)
Maximum number of files in the 'recent' menus can be defined
Zoom selection by a click on the length indicator in the status bar
Create Windows file links of WaveLab documents, from WaveLab
Create file type associations from WaveLab
File Management
Read and Write performance of audio files drastically improved
No limitation on audio file size; support both the w64 and RIFF64 file formats.
Smart ‘Audio File Rename’ to update all file references in other documents such as Audio Montages, as well as peak and attribute files.
Extremely powerful set of procedures to convert, remove, format, import and insert text, to virtually transform any file name to another one. Automatic update of file name references in other documents such as Montage or Audio database, peak and attribute files.
Documented plugin architecture to allow third parties to write audio file format converters.
Smart ‘Audio File Delete’ from within WaveLab to delete relative peak and attribute files.
File list manager to access and sort up to 200 hundred recent files
File list manager to access all open files from one dialog
Erase peak files from within WaveLab
Folder manager to set default folders and how they should be kept or updated on file open/save.
Define up to 3 temporary file folders, with smart usage by WaveLab at run time to improve file performances
Audio peak files can now be created in a separate folder
Automatically save settings associated to an audio file (view, scroll position, Master Section preset) in an attribute file.
Option to display the full file path in the window caption bar
Audio files with a header error can be opened without warning message
Auto-split tool enhancements
Auto-split audio files to specific file length
Auto-split audio files according to values imported from an external text file (xml support)
Auto-split audio files to Audio Montage clips
Optional fades in the Auto-split tool.
Playback and Transport
Time code slave to ASIO positioning protocol for sample accurate sync
Jog and shuttle with keyboard shortcuts to set cursor or selection edges
Cursor can return to the start play position on stop
Fade-out when stopping playback to avoid click
Time code window can now display position with a reduced precision (-> less screen flickering)
Recording
New button 'Split now' to close the current recorded file while continuing recording in a new file
When recording into a montage track, the time indicator displays the position of the end of the recording in the track.
When recording, the gap between the current position and the last inserted marker is now displayed.
Spectrum Editor
Extremely versatile Spectrum editor for powerful manipulation of audio files in the frequency domain. Completely integrated to wave windows.
Extensive set of specialized manipulation tools
High quality linear-phase filters for processing spectrogram selections both in the time and frequency domain through the Master Section.
Extremely flexible filtering and replacement option
Surgical mode dedicated to audio correction allows Copy and Paste the selection or the 'ambiance' of that selection to another place in the time/frequency domain, or apply some specific processes to the selection
Source / Destination mode to replace frequency ranges of audio
Audio Analysis
K-System (Katz) support for loudness metering
Option to monitor file rendering to disk using the various meters
New Waveform scope to show the signal which is currently rendered or recorded
Loudness distribution window to visualize loudness distribution in an audio file
Phase scope: option to disable the auto-size rendering.
Improved user interface for “Audio error detection and correction”
Audio File Editing
Upper and lower Wave panes can be set independently to display loudness envelope, spectrogram or waveform display, and be synchronized.
Improved Peak files provide more accurate representations of the waveforms.
Peak files background creation with graphical progress monitoring.
Peak file display speed heavily improved for large files.
Smooth delete: remove an audio range and perform a small cross-fade at the edge, for a smooth transition.
Selections can be saved as Audio Montage audio clips
Info field in the status bar to indicate the mouse position and values in the time and level domain
Audio File Rendering
Multiple Marker regions can be rendered in just one operation, either in place or as new files
Automatic cross-fades can be applied at the edges of rendered audio ranges for smoother transitions
For offline processing, option to have the whole wave processed if no selection exists.
Updated MP3 encoder
Offline Processing
Superior Time stretching / Pitch correction (DIRAC, by Stefan M. Bernsee)
Pitch quantize to adjust discrete notes in the audio material.
Loudness Normalizer (multi-pass) to adjust the loudness of a file to a given value (RMS)
Pan normalizer to balance the loudness of both channels
Advanced 'Insert silence' function generates 'ambiance' background noise rather than digital silence, with optional cross-fades
Level envelope to control the audio level
Effect morphing to gradually blend two processed audio ranges through a custom envelope for sample accurate effect transitions and emulate parameter automation.
Improved offline Sample rate converter.
EQ1 plug-in is now available as an offline process.
Master Section
Smart global bypass tool to compensate for the loudness change between the input and output
Master Section presets can be associated and stored independently within each audio file
Master Section preset associated with an Audio Montage can be saved automatically
Global bypass switch now indicated even if Master Section is folded (red LED)
Plugin manager: plugins in can be automatically set in a sub-menu (eg. all Waves plugins)
Plugins
External gear: to process audio through some external device
Audio input: replace the 'Live input', with now the option to record the result processed through the Master Section.
Crystal Resampler: a top quality sample rate converter.
New plugin generic user interface
Resizer plug-in to limit or extend the size of an audio file (Batch processor).
Audio Database
Import of file attributes from text files
Export of database to text file
Audio Montage clip support
Miscellaneous
Batch marker renaming with powerful customisable rules and external importation of information.
Flexible marker type converter
Export of clip and marker lists in various formats including XML
CD grabber: new track renumbering options.
Signal generator: frequency sweeps can be linear or exponential. Frequency up to 96kHz can be generated. For levels, decibel values can be entered.
Audio Montage: General
Batch processing of Audio Montages
Batch clip renaming with powerful user-defined rules and import of external information
XML import/export of montages for advanced users
AES31: missing files can be searched.
Audio Montage: Editing
Fades of all selected clips can be edited simultaneously.
Edges of all selected clips can be adjusted simultaneously.
Move a cross-fade region while keeping its length.
Resize a cross-fade region symmetrically while keeping its centred position.
Clip auto-grouping by automatically move all clips 'touching each other' as a group.
Each clip can now store a list of underlying audio files and switch from one to another
Clip volume/fade envelope can be pre or post effect send
Move clips to their relative BWF time stamp position
Update all peak files of the montage’s audio files
Clip saving as independent file made easier
Clip file insertion improved
No limitation of clip size (in the same way as no limitation of audio file length)
Phase of clips file can be inverted
Audio Montage : File tab
New pane to list all regions of an audio file, with drag and drop insertion
Replacement of audio files used in the Audio Montage by other audio files
Renaming of files which are used in the Audio Montage
Export of the file list as text document
Audio Montage : Plug-in tab (new)
Visualize and manage all plug-ins used in a montage in a variety of ways.
Copy and paste plug-ins or plug-in presets between clips or tracks
Create and save plug-in chains
Audio Montage : CD/DVD tab
Render CD/DVD tracks as new audio files, and replace or not the corresponding regions
Updated CD-Text dialog to ease operations
The CD-Wizard now allows creating CD-Track of at least 4 sec if the related clips are shorter than this.
CD report: the logo is now embedded to the report, hence the report can be moved with more ease to another computer
Audio Montage : rendering
Multi-region processing: all marker regions can be rendered in one operation as new files.
Option to perform a short fade at the edges of rendered audio ranges for smoother transitions.
Shortcut to update a Master Section preset
Shortcut to render an audio file range in place.
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Philippe
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