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Digital Audio Formats - Coggle Diagram
Digital Audio Formats
WAV
Features
WAV files can be very large so they can take a long time to copy and process
Not suitable for potable players or streaming
Stores audio accurately and with hight quality
Used for
The WAV format is used in professional recording studios
hight quality recording of audio such as music and speech
MP3
Features
MP3 files are compressed, so there is some loss of audio quality
You can vary the amount of compression to make flies sizes smaller
Uses much less storage space than WAV
Used for
Streamin audio over the internet
professionality recorded music is often converted to MP3 for distribution to listeners
Storing and playing back audio on personal device
FLAC
Features
Provides lossless compresion- file sizes are reduced but there is not loss of quality
Used for
Storing and playing audio on personal devices such as laptops and PCs