Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WAV file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert WAV to another file type
The converter easily converts your WAV file to various formats - free and online. No Media Player or extra software needed.
WAV to MP3
WAV to MP4
WAV to FLAC
WAV to OGG
WAV to AIFF
WAV to AAC
WAV to WMA
WAV to OPUS
Convert a file to WAV
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Audio formats to WAV with high quality output.
AAC to WAV
TTA to WAV
AU to WAV
WV to WAV
DTS to WAV
FLAC to WAV
MP3 to WAV
PCM to WAV
APE to WAV
About WAV files
The .WAV (Waveform Audio File Format) is the standard for uncompressed audio on Windows systems, co-developed by Microsoft and IBM. It typically stores audio as Pulse Code Modulation (PCM), meaning the digital data is an exact copy of the analog source without compression. While this guarantees pristine fidelity for professional mastering and editing in software like Audacity or Adobe Audition, it creates significant storage and distribution challenges. A standard CD-quality .WAV file consumes roughly 10MB per minute of audio, making them impractical for email attachments, web streaming, or portable music libraries. Additionally, metadata support (like album art and tags) in .WAV files can be inconsistent across different players compared to modern containers. To resolve these issues, users should convert .WAV to MP3 or AAC for general listening and web use, reducing file size by up to 90%. For archiving without losing a single bit of quality, converting to FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is the ideal solution, typically halving the file size while maintaining identical audio data.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your WAV file.
If you want to convert WAV file to MIDI, M4A, ALAC or APE, you can use Microsoft Windows Media Player or similar software from the "Uncompressed Audio Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, MID or RA files to WAV, try Microsoft Windows Media Player or another comparable tool in the "Uncompressed Audio Storage" category.
The WAV Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our WAV converter.