SpectraLayers is a digital audio editing software suite published by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. It is designed for audio spectrum editing, catering to professional and semi-professional users. It was originally published by Sony Creative Software under the name Sony SpectraLayers, until most of their products were acquired by MAGIX on 24 May 2016.[2] Then in 2019, the software was acquired by Steinberg.[3]
Overview
SpectraLayers is an advanced audio spectrum editor which allows extraction of sounds, audio restoration and creative sound design through the use of a spectral view. Its interface is similar to an image editor.[4]
History
SpectraLayers was developed by Divide Frame and published by Sony as SpectraLayers Pro in July 2012.[5]
SpectraLayers Pro 2, released in July 2013, improved speed and added features like Spectral Casting/Molding, markers and metadata support, and non-linear scales.[4][6][7][8]
SpectraLayers Pro 3, released in January 2015 further improved performance, also adding 24-bit/192kHz audio support, and redesigning many UI components.[9]
December 2016 saw the release of SpectraLayers Pro 4, which is the first update released by Magix Software GmbH after its acquisition of SpectraLayers.[10] Up until this point it had been designed and written entirely by Robin Lobel [11] but in 2017, Dr. Bill Evans made additional contributions to the features design and user interface.[12]
SpectraLayers Pro 5 was released in May 2018. The new features include a reworked GUI, HD spectrogram, Heal Action and Frequency Repair tool.[13]
SpectraLayers Pro 6 was released by Steinberg in July 2019.[14]
SpectraLayers Pro 7 introduced processes based on artificial intelligence algorithms.
SpectraLayers Pro 8 was released in June 2021.[15] The new key features were Smarter AI, De-Bleed process, AI Reverb Reduction, EQ Matching and Ambience Matching.
