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What's New

This chapter is a quick index of Waveform's most notable features, with links to the chapters that cover them in full. If you are returning to Waveform after a while, or just want to know what has changed, start here.

Headline features

Multi-channel audio

Waveform's audio engine now works beyond stereo from end to end. Tracks, clips, racks, and plugins can carry any channel count -- mono, stereo, 5.1, 7.1, or custom -- so you can build surround and immersive mixes natively. You can choose a track's channel layout, pick which channels a multi-channel file uses, set a track's output to none to use it as a bus, and render or export to Mono, Stereo, 5.1, 7.1, or your edit's own format. Level meters scale to the channel count. (Waveform Pro.)

AI assistant

A Claude-powered assistant is built into Waveform, in a side panel. Ask it about Waveform or your project and it can carry out actions for you -- creating tracks, adding and configuring plugins, setting up routing, assigning keyboard shortcuts, and more -- by driving Waveform through its scripting API. It is aware of what you have selected and your project info, and an auto mode picks the right model for each request.

A streamlined interface

The old bottom Properties panel has been replaced. Menus now live in a standard menu bar at the top of the window, playback and master controls sit in a transport bar along the bottom, and the settings and actions for whatever you select appear in an improved Actions panel at the side (and in the Browser) as a flat, context-sensitive list. See The Actions Panel, Basic Navigation, The Edit Tab, and The Detail Editor.

Interface

  • Detail editor -- a panel with Track and Clip tabs for working closely on the selected track or clip, including loop settings and warp-time editing. See The Detail Editor.

Creation and editing

  • Clip Launcher -- trigger clips and scenes live, with follow actions for algorithmic sequencing. See Clip Launcher.
  • Clip Layer Effects -- non-destructive, layer-based audio manipulation on Audio clips. See Clip Layer Effects.
  • Comping -- build a single perfect take from multiple recorded passes. See Comping.
  • Warp Time -- bend and stretch audio in time. See Warp Time.

Plugins and modulation

  • Plugin Racks -- group plugins into a container and wire them up in series, parallel, or any combination. See Plugin Racks.
  • Modifiers -- modulate plugin parameters without drawing automation, using LFOs, envelope followers, random and step generators, and more. See Modifiers.
  • MIDI Effects -- real-time MIDI processing. See MIDI Effects.
  • Visual Plugin Selector -- pick plugins from a visual browser. See Visual Plugin Selector.
  • Plugin side panel -- host a single plugin live on the main output from a side-panel tab. See The Plugin Side Panel.

Automation and control

  • Automation -- record and edit parameter automation. See Automation.
  • Macros -- script and automate Waveform actions. See Macros.