{"id":1735,"date":"2020-08-21T02:50:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T02:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/?p=1735"},"modified":"2020-08-21T02:50:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T02:50:08","slug":"what-is-a-wav-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/what-is-a-wav-file\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a WAV file?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At this point, after considering Flac and MP3 files, it is good that you also understand what an audio file in WAV format consists of.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softzone.es\/app\/uploads-softzone.es\/2016\/07\/aperturaWAV.jpg\" alt=\"Aplicaciones para comprobar si un archivo de audio WAV es original o ha  perdido calidad - SoftZone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WAV is the most faithful format that can be obtained in the field of audio files.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/K6YWSj5ZEx95kw_oCPjuJgbalXWnwEXf4gJn6YC2LV75soz22X6YV0zjqKnX1x1__RKnyZfao0vR75H7qsK3iao-fe36ogNknHFkKg4C0Q\" alt=\"Alejandro Calvillo Tena : AUDIO DIGITAL\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Without delay, it is important that you know that if you are looking for the absolute reproduction of music without tricks or small changes, then you should trust a file in WAV format.<\/p>\n<p>This particular type of file, in fact, directly stores the acquired samples. In this way, you need to understand that the WAV file behaves like a physical CD.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the quality of a physical CD is identical to that of a WAV file and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you try to listen to one and then the other, you won&#8217;t be able to find any difference.<\/p>\n<p>The WAV format does not use compression of any kind, for this reason it can reproduce sounds in an original way.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, however, you will have already understood that this type is extremely cumbersome.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, you will see that the size of this file is extremely large.<\/p>\n<p>Even a single file can take up a large amount of memory.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, some devices are not fully compatible with this particular format.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, there are mobile devices that cannot read WAV files or can only do so with the help of certain media players.<\/p>\n<p>As you will understand then, WAV files are the most complicated to manage in a sense, but at the same time they are by far the files that can give you the best possible quality in an audio file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this point, after considering Flac and MP3 files, it is good that you also understand what an audio file in WAV format consists of. 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