Audio formats vary by codec, compression method, quality, metadata, and application support. Use the exact extension page to identify suitable software, and preserve an original copy before converting or re-encoding an important recording.
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Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a standardized, lossy audio compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the succes...
The ADX file format is a proprietary lossy audio compression format developed by CRI Middleware. It is primarily used in video games, p...
The Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) is an audio file format standard used for storing sound data for personal computers and other...
The ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) file format is a lossless audio compression format developed by Apple Inc. It's designed to reduc...
An ALS file is a project file created by Ableton Live, a professional digital audio workstation (DAW) widely used for music production...
Monkey's Audio (APE) is a lossless audio compression format. This means that, unlike lossy formats like MP3 or AAC, no audio data is di...
An AUPRESET file is a configuration file used by Apple's Audio Units (AU) technology, which is a system-level plug-in architecture for...
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a standardized, lossy audio compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the successor to MP3, AAC...
The ADX file format is a proprietary lossy audio compression format developed by CRI Middleware. It is primarily used in video games, particularly tho...
The Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) is an audio file format standard used for storing sound data for personal computers and other electronic audi...
The ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) file format is a lossless audio compression format developed by Apple Inc. It's designed to reduce the file size...
An ALS file is a project file created by Ableton Live, a professional digital audio workstation (DAW) widely used for music production, sound design...
Monkey's Audio (APE) is a lossless audio compression format. This means that, unlike lossy formats like MP3 or AAC, no audio data is discarded during...
An AUPRESET file is a configuration file used by Apple's Audio Units (AU) technology, which is a system-level plug-in architecture for audio processin...