Whats the Difference Between WAV and MP3?
The Waveform format, more commonly called WAV, is an uncompressed version of recorded sounds. By contrast, MP3 files are compressed files that undergoing a certain amount of processing to save space, but in the process these sound files also lose a little bit of sound quality as well. MP3 is a tradeoff of quality for space. While in most cases the processing doesn’t usually create a noticeable difference in quality, in the case of Star Trek sound files that isn’t usually the case. The sounds within Star Trek effects are “electronic” in quality – with both high and low blips and beeps that can often get stripped out during the MP3 compression. This is why Trek fans prefer WAV sound files – despite the large file size, these sounds are a much better representation of the original effects in the shows and the movies.
