About WAV to FLAC
FLAC compresses WAV recordings losslessly — often to roughly half the size, depending on the material — so you can archive without losing any audio.
FLAC is lossless: decoding the FLAC gives back the exact same samples.
The FFmpeg engine (about 31 MB) downloads the first time you convert and is then cached by your browser. Files up to about 100 MB are supported because everything runs in browser memory.
WAV vs FLAC
| WAV | FLAC | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Uncompressed audio | Lossless compressed audio |
| Typical codecs | PCM (16-bit here) | FLAC |
| Common use | Editing, DAWs, maximum compatibility | Archiving and hi-fi libraries |
How to do it
- 1
Drop a WAV file into the converter above (already set to FLAC).
- 2
No settings needed.
- 3
Tap Convert, keep the tab open until it finishes, then download the FLAC.