Why Broadcast WAVE files?
The Broadcast Wave File Format (BWF) was again chosen as a universally readable audio file format supported directly by all DAWs. It was defined by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and adopted by the Audio Engineering Society as the chosen file type for the AES31 interchange standard. Amongst other data, BWF files store a timestamp which makes them ideal for transporting multitrack audio files from one system to another. Storing the audio in BWF format enables the user to read and playback the files created by the BlackBox Recorder on any DAW. NB. BWF files actually have an extension of “.WAV” – the Broadcast Extension (or “Bext”) chunk, is stored inside the file itself. BlackBox Recorder files will normally follow the convention of “001-01.WAV”, “001-02.WAV” up to “001-24.WAV” where “001” is the song or take number and “-01” is the track number from 01 to 24.
