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WAV
WAV
(or WAVE), short for Waveform audio format, is
a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard
for storing audio on PCs. It is the main format
used on Windows systems for raw audio.
Both WAVs and AIFFs
are compatible with Windows and Macintosh operating
systems.
The most common WAV format contains uncompressed
audio in the pulse-code modulation (PCM) format.
PCM audio is the standard audio file format for
CDs, containing two channels of 44,100 samples
per second, 16 bits per sample.
PCM uses an uncompressed lossless storage method,
which keeps all the samples of an audio track.
Professional users or audio experts may use the
WAV format for maximum audio quality. WAV audio
can also be edited and manipulated with relative
ease using software. |
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