That’s certainly part of what mastering is. One thing you wrote was correct though - that one of the reasons to use Wavelab or another editor is to make sure multiple tracks are tonally and dynamically cohesive. I think you’ve got a lot of things confused. Wavelab predates Izotope a fair bit my friend. I’ll keep mastering with the professional tools designed to make that critical job easier.ītw, Wavelab does not exist because computers were too slow to run more than one instance of Ozone. Listen - go ahead finish your albums in your DAW - as long as you believe that’s best choice for your music. Mastering is more important than ever for streaming due to changing loudness requirements and different target loudness standards for various streaming platforms. If you think mastering is dead - you’re crazy. In fact, vinyl was the strongest growth in music sales I think for a few years. Įxcept that cd’s and vinyl are still being made. If you really want to learn - go read about it, watch some videos, join r/wavelab. You don't sound like a serious mastering engineer - so it's not surprising that you don't understand the differences. Stop shitting on professional tools just because you don't want to invest in them. You want to master your project in a DAW - go ahead. People who use it aren't wasting their money. Wavelab has been around for a LONG time my friend. I'm just here to push back on anyone saying it's a waste of money. make it a great choice for mastering audio - if you can read, you can learn this yourself.

And I'm not going to try to convince you by quoting the features and tools that Wavelab has which. Again - before you jump to conclusions - it's ok for you to 'master' your music in Cubase if you want - go ahead. I also said that of course it's possible to master in a DAW - but professionals use tools designed for the task because it saves time and the features built in to a tool designed for mastering make doing the job easier, faster, better. I said people who master professionally know very well the difference between using an editor like Wavelab and working in a DAW.

Second - I never said Wavelab gives you better mastering. it's not clear to me that you understand the difference. First - mixing is a separate process from mastering. Not sure if you're being a smartass or not, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're asking a genuine question.

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