WaveLab Cast

Steinberg loyalists

WaveLab Cast 2 is the underrated podcast tool from a serious audio company. Same engine as Steinberg's mastering flagship, with direct upload to Spreaker, Podbean, and SoundCloud. Less known than Hindenburg, but in places more polished. Around $69.99 makes it cheaper than people assume.

WaveLab Cast was Steinberg's answer to the podcast boom, taking the engine and UI conventions from their WaveLab mastering tool and rebuilding the surface for spoken-word recording and editing. WaveLab Cast 2 is the current version, and it's one of the most underrated paid podcast tools on the market. Multitrack recording handles host plus guest, editing covers the usual cuts, fades, normalisation, and Steinberg's signal processing is excellent for the kind of voice recordings most podcasters end up with. The export workflow includes direct upload to Spreaker, Podbean, and SoundCloud, which saves a step compared to manually exporting and uploading. Where it falls short is community and reputation. Hindenburg dominates the podcast-DAW conversation, Reaper dominates the value conversation, and WaveLab Cast lands in a quieter middle. There are fewer tutorials, fewer cheat sheets, and fewer recommended workflows online. The price is friendly — around $69.99 retail one-time depending on the seller — and there's a 30-day trial of the full app to test before you commit. For Steinberg house users or anyone who already loves how WaveLab Pro handles audio, this is a great quieter pick.