Convert AIFF to FLAC
Apple's uncompressed studio format packed losslessly to about half the size, with tags that actually work.
Runs in your browser. Your file never leaves your computer.
- QualityBit-identical to the AIFF
- Typical sizeAround half
- BonusTags and checksums built in
- SettingsNone needed
AIFF is the Mac side of the uncompressed-audio coin, common in Logic sessions, old sample libraries and mastering deliveries. Like WAV it burns disk space for simplicity. FLAC stores the very same samples losslessly at roughly half the size and, unlike AIFF, has tagging every player understands. Converting here is a pure repack: your browser reads the AIFF, verifies nothing is lost, and writes a FLAC you can archive with confidence.
Questions
Is FLAC safe for archiving masters?
Yes. It is lossless and self-checking: each frame carries a checksum, so corruption is detectable. Many archives use FLAC precisely for this.
Will my DAW open FLAC?
Most modern ones do. If yours refuses, the FLAC unpacks back to AIFF or WAV at any time with nothing lost.
What happens to the metadata in the AIFF?
Standard fields carry over where possible. Obscure AIFF-specific chunks do not; the audio is unaffected either way.
Does the session leave my machine?
No. The conversion is local to your browser.
Related conversions
- AIFF to M4AFrom a studio-size file to a share-size one: AAC at 256 kbps, native on the Apple gear the AIFF came from.
- AIFF to MP3The universally playable delivery format, encoded from your uncompressed audio on your own machine.
- AIFF to OGGThe efficiency codec for web and app work, straight from uncompressed source, no server in the loop.
- AIFF to WAVSame uncompressed audio, different wrappers. When a tool insists on WAV, this swaps the wrapper without touching a sample.
- WAV to FLACFLAC keeps every sample of the recording and still cuts the file roughly in half. The archive format for audio you may need again.
- M4A to FLACOnly for one honest reason: a workflow that wants lossless input files. No quality returns; the page is upfront about that.
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