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Whats the difference between an MP3 file and a WAV file?

April 26, 2017difference file mp3 wav

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Whats the difference between an MP3 file and a WAV file?

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Good question. An MP3, short for MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, is a popular digital audio encoding and compression format designed to reduce the amound of data required to represent audio while providing a true reproduction of the uncompressed audio to most listeners. A WAV file, short for WAVEform audio format, is the Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing audio on PCs and is the main format used on Windows systems for raw audio.