AIFF and WAV File Formats

AIFF is a lossless format, like wave. You can't "make" an AIFF file by starting with a compressed format that has already removed some of the data from the sound file. Or to be clearer, if you convert a lossy format like MP3 to AIFF, it won't sound any better than the MP3 file did.

If you convert an original .wav file to AIFF, it will sound just as good as the wave, but it will also be much larger than a compressed file such as MP3. The whole reason people use MP3 files is to save space while creating a sound file that still sounds pretty good on ear buds. If you're going to listen on a quality stereo or entertainment center, listing to AIFF or wave files (on a CD for example) will sound better than MP3 files.

Because AIFF and wave files are lossless formats, they are good for archiving music files on hard disks. You can use these pristine files to create smaller, compressed files for portable players. The audio data in a standard AIFF file are uncompressed big-endian pulse-code modulation (PCM). There is also a compressed variant of AIFF known as AIFF-C or AIFC, with various defined compression codecs.

Audio CDs do not use WAV as their sound format, using instead Red Book audio. The commonality is that both audio CDs and WAV files have the audio data encoded in PCM. WAV is a data file format for computer use that can't be understood by CD players directly. To record WAV files to an Audio CD the file headers must be stripped and the remaining PCM data written directly to the disc as individual tracks with zero padding added to match the CD's sector size.

Audio professional, musicians and audiophiles are fond of WAV audio because of its audio fidelity. The raw WAV audio file is excellent for editing and audition. Nonetheless, WAV files would be inconvenient to transfer and share due to the large file size. Converting WAV to MP3 is a good idea to deal with the problem. With NoteBurner Audio Converter, you can now easily convert WAV to MP3 and WMA.

NoteBurner AIFF to WAV Converter

Since NoteBurner AIFF to WAV Audio Converter uses virtual burning technology, media player like iTunes, Windows Media Player or Real Player, or audio editing program like Adobe Audition, is required to co-work with the program to complete the converting. Basically, NoteBurner AIFF to WAV Audio Converter is able to convert all types of audio files that can be played by your media players, such as converting AIFF to WAV, AIFF to to MP3 and WMA.

NoteBurner AIFF to WAV Converte can preserve MP3 ID3 tag, containing Artist name, Song title, Year and Genre of the current audio file. The latest version of NoteBurner can also preserve album name and album art to the converted audio files.

NoteBurner AIFF to WAV Audio Converter is a versatile AIFF to WAV Converter. The AIFF to WAV converter is compatible with iTunes, WMP 10, Real Player, Adobe Audition (Cool Edit) and many other audio players and audio editors.

An AIFF file is divided into a number of chunks. Each chunk is identified by a chunk ID more broadly referred to as FourCC.

Types of chunks found in AIFF files:

• Common Chunk (required)
• Sound Data Chunk (required)
• Marker Chunk
• Instrument Chunk
• Comment Chunk
• Name Chunk
• Author Chunk
• Copyright Chunk
• Annotation Chunk
• Audio Recording Chunk
• MIDI Data Chunk
• Application Chunk