WAV audio files can be as large as 4GB, and even smaller files need a lot of space. While WAV format files are of excellent quality, not all users can afford to store them in their devices.

WAV and MP3 are two of the most commonly used audio formats. The difference is that they serve different purposes. The first one is known for its high quality because it stores uncompressed audio data ...

With the free software Exact Audio Copy you’ll save your compact music discs lossless to your computer’s hard disc drive. You can also compress your archived music later and convert it to the MP3 ...

Digital sound is nothing more than numbers. What separates one container from another is how those numbers are packed, how much data (if any) is thrown away, and which devices understand the result.

Scenario: You’ve obtained an audio or video file that’s either in a format unsupported by the device you intend to play it on—an iOS device, traditional iPod, or your Mac, for example—or in a form ...

Converting an audio track to MP3 on the Mac is dead easy. Just open it with iTunes, and choose the File > Convert option from the menu bar. On iOS, though, there’s no native way to do this. There are ...