…so i deleted Wavelab Cast (which mysteriously, and confusingly, was listed as Wavelab 13 in the applications folder and on the splash screen when it opened).
And now, when I click on “Audio>Edit in Wavelab”, nothing happens. Nothing at all.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled both Cubase 15 and Wavelab 12 [twice], and restarted the Mac again.
The problem still occurs; Wavelab is still greyed out under Audio>Extensions and clicking on the clip returns the same error message in the edit pane: “no Wavelab installation found - please reinstall Wavelab”.
It seems to me there must’ve been an association created with Wavelab Cast? But surely that would disappear once Wavelab Cast was deleted? Or might there be a configuration file somewhere? I’ve looked in “library” and can’t find anything suspicious-looking.
no, I don’t have Wavelab Go. As I said, I did have Wavelab Cast, which was what showed up [as Wavelab 13!] on the initial splash screen when I selected Audio>Edit with Wavelab, but as I said, I uninstalled that.
BTW thanks for the link to the tutorial video on ARA-watched it all and have learnt a lot!
OK some of this I believe you have already done but better to go through the steps just to be sure.
(Uninstalling does not take a long time as you know, in fact the time taken to write this is probably longer than the time taken to uninstall).
Uninstall ALL versions of Wavelab. You said you don’t have Wavelab Go (13) but you may have inadvertently installed it when installed Cubase 15. So, please double check that you have no versions of WL installed at all, including Go.
Once done. Before installing your latest WL12 version, check your license is valid for that exact version in the Activation Manager. (WL tends to install the default application and which version you actually see depends on the license that is valid and activated).
Once that is done, start WL standalone and make sure it shows the correct version that you expect. (WL 12 Pro). Close it.
Then start Cubase 15 and check under the menu as you have done above.
Things to note:
The event you select in Cubase must be a raw audio event, not inside container or “part”. So, if you have used the glue tool to join 2 audio parts for example you will be unable to select it using that method.
I did hear some reports about issues with macOS Sequoia but cannot verify or test this as my main machine is Windows based, and on my Mac I am on Tahoe (26.xx).
If none of the above work for you, please feel free to post back and perhaps someone with more closer system details to yours may jump in.
nb. It would be helpful to have some more detailed system info and proper screen shots of the issue and SAM showing the license (you do not have to show any license numbers or personal info).
Thanks for the comprehensive advice and information @Phil_Pendlebury
I found I did have some older versions of Wavelab [10 & 11].
I uninstalled these, along with Wavelab 12 pro.
For good measure, I also uninstalled Cubase 15 pro.
I then installed Cubase 15 pro and Wavelab 12 pro via the Steinberg Download Manager. Just to be sure, I picked a different download location to make sure I had a completely fresh copy of the installer files.
So, a fresh download/installation of each.
I verified that my license was valid for each product via Steinberg Activation Manager.
(See screenshots for verification of this)
Unfortunately, the problem remains.
The event I am wishing to manipulate is a simple WAV file from a multitrack recording; it hasn’t been split and re-glued or had anything done to it at all.
I have verified it can be opened and edited in Wavelab, by locating the file in Finder and opening it in Wavelab.
The work round I’m using at the moment is to make a safety copy of the file being used by Cubase effing Wight effing way I I I [the originals are in a separate directory on another drive], open it in Wavelab, edit it as required, save it and reopen Cubase. The file appears in place and in sync bearing the edits.
I’ve attached some screenshots plus a screen recording from Cubase.
Just to confirm, I’m running the latest version of
Thanks for the detailed info and it certainly looks like you have tried everything I can think of.
I guess one last thing would be to try pulling in (to a new blank project), a stereo WAV file of some kind and see if you get the same symptoms (just in case it is related to the file or project itself, although I doubt it).
And finally, as mentioned above, maybe someone who is using Sequoia can help or verify that it is working as expected with that.
I should have mentioned this but i did try creating a test Cubase Project and bringing in a stereo WAV file.
Unfortunately the result was the same.
Apple, in their wisdom, decided not to support Tahoe on the iMac Pro, so I am stuck with Sequoia.
As a test, I installed Cubase 15 on my MacBook Air, also running Sequoia. Before doing anything else, I uninstalled wave lab cast.
When I opened the project on the MacBook, the “edit in Wavelab” worked seamlessly.
The only thing I can think is that there has been some “under the hood” preference setting that has baked in a link or reference to Wavelab Cast on the iMac Pro, and that this doggedly remains, despite re-installation.
I am going to try reinstalling the operating system as a last resort!
- I’ll post back later
(and the reminder that I need to do some new videos soon). 