
Kitchen blenders and food processors have some overlap, but either can do things the other cannot, or can at least do certain things much more effectively. So why would a DAW owner want to even think about parting with funds to buy a different program that can also do audio editing? One justification would efficient workflow. These have abundant capabilities for editing audio. Most of our readers probably own one or more full-featured DAW programs: Cubase, Logic, SONAR, etc. Elements is very impressive and capable in its own right. But let me make something clear from the start, Elements may offer only a subset of WaveLab’s capabilities, but it’s far from deserving of a “lite” designation. For clarity in what follows, “WaveLab” will refer to the full-featured version, “Elements” the “lite” version, and “the WaveLabs” will mean either or both. In this review, we’re going to look at two impressive audio editing programs from Steinberg: WaveLab 8.5 and its “lite” version, WaveLab Elements 8.

Many of us use highly capable DAW software, so why would we need another, different audio editor program? Find out why here.
