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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 cloud-powered AI 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. It connects to an external AI provider (OpenAI or Anthropic) using your own API key, and is entirely optional.

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.