WAVELAB 13 is around the corner! World premiere at NAMM 2026!

Thanks for all the interest. I am looking forward to making tutorials for folks to be able to dig into the big new release. If you are working in Atmos, this is a major deal. If you are not currently working in Atmos, this is still a big new release with lots of features for stereo. And, it means that if you do move that direction, you already will have a fantastic tool for your work.

Thanks! Michael

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When do non-NAMM visitors get a bit more information? Will it export DD+ JOC .mp4 like the Dolby Atmos Renderer?

Next week.

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Can’t wait for this new release. Anything that saves time with Atmos delivery process is welcome.
If you’re mastering in Stereo + Dolby Atmos mixing/mastering, it could be overwhelming and it sometimes disrupts the day to day Stereo work. Live Atmos gapless albums require a lot of precision and tweaking. The major labels will reject the Atmos masters for the tiniest things. Looking forward to speeding up our process.

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So NAMM is over now and yet we don’t have any additional information about it…

I don’t understand why is Steinberg holding back on it?!

I was expecting to buy WaveLab 13 update on day 1 or maybe day 4 of NAMM or at least have more info and dedicated page on Steinberg website but to no avail :pensive_face:

What a joke…:-1:

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Read in this thread above ā€œPG the WaveLab Inventorā€ said next week

it sure will come infos very soon …

regards S-EH

I’m not interested in Atmos, but I’m looking forward to seeing/hearing the updated MasterRig.

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Hi atlatnesiti,

NAMM is indeed still ongoing.

Today, Saturday, there is a session at 2pm: Dolby Atmos Mastering in WaveLab 13 with Michael Romanowski.

You can see it listed here: NAMM 2026 - Genelec.com

So far, I also haven’t been able to find any further details beyond the note that more information will be available soon.

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No doubt the video of the event at NAMM needs to go through a little editing and post before posting, and final approval by the guys in Hamburg, we can’t fault them for that. They didn’t send a live crew there for this. So let’s give them a few more days.

Also, @PG1 did say ā€œnext weekā€ so it will be party time soon! :man_dancing: :partying_face: :maracas:

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Once it’s ready, will the presentation/announcement be on the Wavelab YT channel?

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As others have noted - ATMOS is not enough of a draw for most of us. Hoping that we can get a feature rundown for the 99.945% of us still working in good ole stereo.

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This is a quote from KVR forum post…

ā€œI haven’t seen a single bit of info from Steinberg’s NAMM booth, almost like nobody went and checked it out. Even the Cubase forums were pretty dead.ā€

How true…

I don’t know where this ā€œguy on KVRā€ got his information from :grin: but this was a NAMM -preview- session and we had 3 well attended talks with Michael Romanowski in collaboration with Genelec, as it was announced before. More information will be available in the next 48 hours.

In addition to Atmos we have 30+ more features in this release. It is currently prepared for launch.

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Wow, 1 photo that doesn’t even show image of WaveLab 13… :joy:

So why didn’t we see or hear anything about it… Was this presentation for selected few - behind close doors or available to general audience?

This so called WaveLab 13 launch is just a joke… :-1::pensive_face:

Really?

The first post in this very thread is by Steinberg who advised before NAMM:
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The presentations will happen:

NAMM SHOW

Thursday 22nd - Saturday 24th

2.00pm PST (local time Los Angeles)

GENELEC booth #15500 | ACC North

Make sure to stop by when you plan to come to the show!

____

Pretty clear.

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This isn’t the WaveLab launch, it’s a preview for Atmos.

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ā€˜Make sure to stop by when you plan to come to the show!ā€

And obviously nobody did… :joy:

I think the left monitor/screen in that picture is showing WL13 but more information will show up as Timo Wildenhain saying…

regards S-EH

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Hey Guys and Girls, let’s be honest…

WaveLab 13 must be the worst PR campaign from Steinberg ever…:pensive_face:

What a flop…

Why did steinberg allowed this massive fiasco…?

ā€œWaveLab 13 is around the cornerā€ā€¦

Which corner…? :joy:

Hi there! I think it will come very soon!

regards S-EH

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