And, given the flexible output routing options that are also provided (including the MixConvert and AmbiDecoder plug‑ins already mentioned), you can still work with these multichannel formats even if you only have a stereo monitoring system available. In the Audio Editor, multichannel interleaved files up to a 22.2 format can be opened, edited and saved. WaveLab Pro 11 delivers some significant improvements for working with surround/Ambisonics multichannel audio formats in both the Audio Editor and the Audio Montage.

I suspect this may be a feature that Steinberg will continue to develop but, even in this first iteration, it is very nicely implemented and simple to use. If your workflow involves the Audio Montage for assembling clips for an album/CD project, these new clip‑based automation options are going to make it much easier to finesse the details of each clip to produce a coherent sound for the entire project. Envelope editing is very straightforward in terms of adding, deleting or moving nodes and the toolset includes some useful options of editing multiple nodes and envelope smoothing.

Equally, for those third‑party plug‑ins that didn’t want to produce the pop‑up menu mentioned above, you can add a target parameter within this panel. This allows you to toggle the envelope visibility between any of the clip’s active envelopes (one envelope is visible at any time) and you can also bypass an envelope. To support this new functionality, a dedicated Automation Envelope panel has been added within the Inspector. This worked perfectly with all the Steinberg VST 3 plug‑ins I tried and for some third‑party plug‑ins.Īutomation envelopes can now be created for any VST 3 plug‑in inserted on a Clip and envelope management is provided by the new Automation/Envelope panel within the Inspector.

Right‑clicking on any parameter in such a plug‑in produces a pop‑up menu allowing you to add an automation envelope for that parameter. This release also adds automation envelopes for any parameter within a VST 3 plug‑in that is applied at clip level. Published February 2022 Push The Envelope

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