Step 1: Drop your AIFF files using the button above or by deposit and leave.
Step 2: Click the 'Convert' button to start the conversion.
Step 3: Receive your converted WAV files.
AIFF to WAV Conversion FAQ
What bitrate does the WAV file use?
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A lossy WAV is encoded at 192 kbps by default. The Audio Quality setting also offers 320 kbps for the best quality and 128 kbps for a smaller file. A lossless WAV (WAV, FLAC) ignores the bitrate and keeps every sample.
Is AIFF to WAV genuinely lossless?
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Yes. Both formats keep every sample, so decoding the WAV returns a bit-identical copy of the audio inside the AIFF. Nothing is quantised, nothing is discarded, and the conversion can be repeated indefinitely without accumulating artefacts. What changes is the file size and which software will open it. AIFF stores uncompressed big-endian PCM — the Apple-side equivalent of WAV, with the same bit-for-bit fidelity. WAV normally stores raw uncompressed PCM — every sample kept exactly, at whatever bit depth and sample rate was captured.
Will my track titles and album art survive the AIFF to WAV conversion?
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Not intact. AIFF carries a proper metadata block, but WAV has no standard place for artist, album, track number or cover art, so tags are dropped rather than mangled. Keep the AIFF as the tagged copy, or re-tag afterwards with a tool like Mp3tag or MusicBrainz Picard. WAV is enormous — roughly 10 MB per stereo minute at CD quality — and the classic format has a 4 GB ceiling and no room for proper tags.
Will going from AIFF to WAV reduce my audio quality?
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If AIFF is lossy and WAV is lossless (e.g. MP3 → WAV), the WAV file is no better than the AIFF — you can't recover information that's already been thrown away. If AIFF is lossless and WAV is lossy, expect the WAV codec to recompress; at 192 kbps this is transparent for most content.
Can I batch convert hundreds of AIFF files to WAV?
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Several files in one job need a paid plan. Free use is one file per conversion, one conversion an hour. On a paid plan you can add several files to one job, then download each result on its own or all of them in one ZIP.
Will the WAV keep the same sample rate as AIFF?
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By default yes (48 kHz AIFF → 48 kHz WAV). If you need to downsample for compatibility (e.g. 96 kHz → 44.1 kHz for CD burning) the advanced sample-rate option does this with high-quality resampling.
Can I normalize loudness in the AIFF to WAV step?
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Not in this step. The converter has no loudness setting and leaves the level as it is. To even out the volume, run the finished WAV through a Normalize tool on this site.
Will the WAV play on my car stereo / iPod / audiobook app?
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MP3 plays almost everywhere. AAC plays on Apple devices, most Android phones and Sonos. FLAC plays on Sonos and Android but not on older iPods, and WAV plays on nearly everything but makes large files. There are no device presets on this page, so choose the target format your player supports.
Is my AIFF file private during conversion?
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Yes. Nobody listens to or shares the audio, which matters for personal audiobook libraries, and uploaded AIFF files and their converted copies are deleted automatically about 24 hours after conversion.
How long does converting a 10-hour audiobook AIFF to WAV take?
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It depends on the size and length of the file. Small documents and images are usually ready quickly. Long videos take the longest, because most video conversions re-encode every frame.
