Steinberg WaveLab Cast bundle - Sand, software and sound

This deal is too good to go unnoticed. If you bought a Yamaha AG03 or AG06 mixing interface, I hope you saved (or used) the Cubase AI download access code. It’s your ticket to a free copy of Steinberg Wavelab Cast.

Yamaha added Wavelab Cast to the AG series software bundle during August 2021. You can download and activate WaveLab Cast even if you are an existing customer.

Fortunately, I’m a pack-rat and saved all the paperwork with the AG06. Wavelab Cast looks to be a fast way to touch up live recordings among other uses. The Track Inspector offers a menu of the most common audio tune-ups: denoise, de-ess, EQ, reverb, etc., featuring no-brainer one-knob control.

My only wish is a written (PDF) getting started guide. The PDF manual is a reference manual and isn’t organized well for getting started. At a minimum, a beginner user needs to know about the “Audio Montage” and how to get audio clips into the Audio Montage pane. Audio Montage isn’t discussed until Chapter 10! Also, one should know that the audio editor mainly twiddles bits (errr, samples) and that effects are applied through Audio Montage.

Please don’t let these quibbles slow your roll to a free copy.

I’ve been using the Yamaha AG06 as my desktop mixer and audio interface. It has performed reliably over the past several months and I feel comfortable recommending it even though the internal tech is a little bit behind the Steinberg UR22c (its closest alternative in the Steinberg product line). I like the small mixer format and the audio I/O options. Plus, the AG06 has been dead quiet when attached via USB to an HP desktop computer and its schmutzy (noisy) power. The AG06 has a separate 5V external power port for mobile operation, too.

Cash in!