Waves Online Mastering
Per-track cloud mastering with style options. AI-powered tool, from $5.97/mo billed yearly only ($71.64 a year); runs on web. The stack builder picks it for mix and master.
What it is known for
- Strengths: style, tone and reference controls; release-ready masters from any mix.
- For: creators finishing singles, demos or full releases.
- Runs on: web, online in the browser.
- Learning curve: easy: simple by design, a master in a few clicks.
- Works with: nothing named on its page.
Read on October 9, 2026 from waves.com/online-mastering.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| One credit | $3.99 once | One master, paid once |
| Standard | $5.97/mo billed yearly only ($71.64 a year) | 36 credits a year |
| Pro | $14.17/mo billed yearly only ($169.99 a year) | Billed yearly only; unlimited masters, subject to fair use |
| 5 credits | $17.45 once | Five masters, paid once |
| 15 credits | $44.85 once | Fifteen masters, paid once |
Checked by hand against waves.com/online-mastering on October 15, 2026; confidence high. Prices are monthly in US dollars unless the row says otherwise; the builder counts the plan it starts on, Standard.
When the stack builder picks it
The builder reads each job's rules from the top and takes the first step whose conditions hold and whose plan fits the money left. Waves Online Mastering is named in these steps:
- Mix and master, step 4 of 5, when at least $40 is left for it: Standard ($5.97/mo billed yearly only ($71.64 a year)); the step also names Masterchannel, eMastered, LANDR and RoEx Automix, and the best score takes it.
- Mix and master, step 5 of 5, otherwise: Standard ($5.97/mo billed yearly only ($71.64 a year)); the step also names LANDR, iZotope Ozone, Masterchannel, eMastered and RoEx Automix, and the best score takes it.
The rules are public in stack-rules.json, and how the stack builder scores explains the tie-break.
Alternatives the same rules name
- Masterchannel: Genre-tuned cloud mastering. From $15/mo billed yearly only ($180 a year).
- eMastered: Cloud mastering with manual controls after the first pass. From $39/mo.
- LANDR: Masters a finished mix automatically and sends your songs to streaming services; it does not write or arrange music. From $8.25/mo billed yearly only ($99 a year).
- RoEx Automix: Takes your multitrack stems and returns an automatic mix and master. From free.
- iZotope Ozone: Mastering software whose Master Assistant listens to your mix and proposes a starting mastering chain; it finishes a mix, it does not write one. From $55 once.
Signals and what people say
- Hacker News, 30 days to October 9, 2026: 9 stories
Change log
- October 15, 2026: 15 credits plan added ($44.85 once), on waves.com/online-mastering.
- October 15, 2026: 5 credits plan added ($17.45 once), on waves.com/online-mastering.
- October 9, 2026: added to the tool list; plans and prices first recorded from waves.com/online-mastering.
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