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Steinberg SpectraLayers 13 — an updated spectral audio editor

Steinberg has released an updated version of its spectral editing software with new algorithms and tools. It supports macOS 12 or later and Windows 10 or later.


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Unmix Sound Effects quickly and accurately isolates different sound effects. Users can extract short transient sounds from dense environmental noise, such as wind, crowds, traffic or wildlife, onto an independent track. The background texture automatically moves to another layer for detailed processing.


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Ambience Heal automatically fills spectral gaps left after removal or cutting. Gaps such as those left by deleted speech are filled smoothly with room noise or environmental sound already in the file. Unmix Two Voices separates two simultaneous speakers without first creating speaker profiles. Voice DeCrosstalk isolates the target voice from overlapping background voices. Voice DeClick removes unwanted mouth noises, including lip smacks and clicks.


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Other additions and improvements

  • Reconstruct analyses information around a selection to restore tones, transients and noise accurately, with adjustable reconstruction depth.
  • Paste Into Selection quickly duplicates or replaces events on the timeline.
  • Time Fade and Frequency Fade sliders now work directly on active selections for precise time and frequency fades.
  • Expanded loudness metering automatically calculates and shows True Peak and different LUFS/LU measurements directly on the spectrogram.
  • Large-scale batch rendering applies complex SpectraLayers processing algorithms to several open projects in parallel.
  • The updated Pro Tools AudioSuite Bridge supports round-trip editing of several audio clips at once, with full compatibility with Ambisonics and Dolby Atmos formats up to 9.1.6.


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Steinberg SpectraLayers 13 Pro costs $360, while the basic Elements edition costs $90. Users who activated SpectraLayers 12 on or after 3 June 2026 receive a free update.