Tracktion adds clip launching and Wavetable Synth to Waveform Pro 13 update
“Say hello to a new, inspiring workflow”
> Over recent updates, Tracktion Waveform Pro has become the DAW you didn’t know you should be using, but its latest version could seal the deal, with familiar clip launching and a new wavetable synth promising to increase its user base.
Waveform is a Mac, PC, and Linux DAW with one of the best free versions around, but the latest update looks like being its most significant, with Ableton-style clip launching being the new ‘must-have’ feature which an increasing number of DAWs boast. Ableton might have started the clip-launch party, but other big names like Logic Pro and Bitwig Studio have crashed it.
The Waveform Pro 13 version, then, could be seen as an obvious update, but something about its integration with the arranger window makes it look somewhat neater in our book. If we were to maintain that ‘party’ analogy, then, it’s like the cooler kid has arrived late, but they are dressed in killer slacks, and everyone at the party is going ‘wow’.
Waveform Pro 13’s take on clip launching lets you record and edit MIDI and audio clips on a grid and use a number of different sequencer actions to play and perform with them. You can choose to pre-arrange these actions and set probability levels so move towards more random events if you wish.
As with other DAWs, all of your live performances
