STEINBERG WaveLab 10
Way back in 1995, when studios were built around mixing consoles and the closest most of us could get to digital multi-tracking was via souped-up videotape recorders such as the Alesis ADAT and Tascam DA-88, Steinberg released WaveLab. Largely the work of a single developer, Philippe Goutier, the program was one of the first to bring detailed, interactive, onscreen audio editing within reach of home and semi-pro studios.
From the get-go, WaveLab’s capabilities dovetailed perfectly with the needs of audio professionals and hobbyists alike: it simplified the process of creating audio CD masters that could be sent for duplication; it provided a far better approach to editing and manipulating samples than poking around on the little LCD screens on the hardware samplers of the day; and in broadcasting, its slick editing and rapid workflow were
