Convert FLAC to WAV
Uncompressed PCM for the editor, burner or instrument that refuses FLAC. Same sound, bigger file, zero decoding surprises.
Runs in your browser. Your file never leaves your computer.
- QualityBit-for-bit the same audio
- Typical sizeRoughly double the FLAC
- ForEditors, burners, samplers, old gear
- TimeSeconds for an album track
FLAC and WAV hold the same audio; the difference is packaging. Some software only reads the plain kind: audio editors from another era, CD burning tools, hardware samplers, DJ gear with a short list of formats. This page unpacks the FLAC into a standard 16-bit WAV at the source's own sample rate, in your browser. Because FLAC is lossless, the WAV is a perfect copy of the original recording, only around twice the size.
Questions
Do I lose quality going FLAC to WAV?
No. FLAC is lossless, so the WAV contains exactly the samples the FLAC held. This direction is a pure repackaging.
What happens to the tags and cover art?
They are not carried over, because WAV has no widely supported place for them. Keep the FLAC if the metadata matters to you.
Which sample rate does the WAV use?
The FLAC's own. A 44.1 kHz FLAC becomes a 44.1 kHz WAV; a 96 kHz one stays at 96. Nothing is resampled.
Does the file leave my computer?
No. Decoding happens in your browser and the WAV is written straight to your disk.
Related conversions
If the destination is a CD, most burners want 44.1 kHz; a 48 kHz file is resampled by the burner on import.
- 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.
- FLAC to M4AYour lossless library, made playable on iPhones and everything else, at 256 kbps AAC.
- FLAC to MP3From archive copy to everyday copy: 320 kbps MP3 encoded from lossless source, the best MP3 can be.
- FLAC to OGGOpus from lossless source: transparent files small enough for a phone full of albums, if your players cooperate.
- MP3 to WAVFor the DAW, the sampler, the CD burner or the hardware that refuses compressed audio. Uncompressed 16-bit PCM, nothing added, nothing recovered.
- M4A to WAVPlain PCM out of an AAC file, for the tool in your chain that wants WAV and nothing else.
- OGG to WAVOpus and Vorbis files, decoded to plain PCM for editors, burners and anything that never learned OGG.
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