Wow, I realize that I am resurrecting a post from the dead, but I came here via google search for the differences between wavelab le and cubase le. I’d just like to politely point out that non-answers like these aren’t helpful at all. I’m sure the OP left with the feeling of being put down as not being serious about mastering and perhaps even more wasteful, is that years later when someone is searching to find the differences between the two programs, they find this unhelpful post instead of one that could have read:
“The difference between the two is that cubase does this and wavelab does that.”
Instead we learned that the op isn’t really serious about sound mastering and cubase apparently does more than wavelab, but no real description of what, or why.
Be nice, be helpful. And yes, I’m sure someone will argue that I’m doing the same - except I don’t know the answer. I came here looking for the answer and didn’t find it because of the non-answers.