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

michael-Coast · January 23, 2026, 8:11pm

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

bnz · January 23, 2026, 9:14pm

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

PG1 · January 23, 2026, 9:17pm

Next week.

zoundman · January 24, 2026, 2:09am

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.

atlatnesiti · January 24, 2026, 4:04am

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

What a joke…

S-EHansson · January 24, 2026, 5:33am

Read in this thread above “PG the WaveLab Inventor” said next week

it sure will come infos very soon …

regards S-EH

audioworksHU · January 24, 2026, 9:44am

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

AB_01 · January 24, 2026, 12:44pm

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.

uarte · January 24, 2026, 3:23pm

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 “next week” so it will be party time soon!