About WAV
LosslessWaveform Audio File Format
Uncompressed studio audio
WAV stores raw PCM audio exactly as it was recorded, without compression. It is the standard working format of audio editors, music production software and broadcasting.
- Strengths
- Perfect quality, instant to decode, and accepted by all editing software.
- Limitations
- Very large files (about 10 MB per minute at CD quality) and limited support for tags.