MP3 to WAV

Editors, DAWs and hardware samplers want PCM. This gives them that, without pretending the MP3's discarded detail comes back.

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What survives the conversion

Derived from what each format is able to store, not from what the conversion promises.

Kept

MP3 carries nothing that WAV can also hold.
Original audio (lossless), which MP3 could not store

Lost

ID3 tags

Settings used

Decoded to 16-bit PCM WAV. Roughly 10 MB per minute of stereo audio.

When not to convert

Not for listening. The file gets about eight times larger and sounds identical.

About these formats

Audio

What is a MP3 file?

MP3 is the lossy audio format that made digital music portable, standardised as part of MPEG-1 in 1993. Newer codecs such as AAC and Opus sound better at the same bitrate, but nothing matches MP3 for sheer universality: it plays on essentially any device ever made.

Read the format guide

Audio

What is a WAV file?

WAV stores uncompressed PCM audio, so it is a bit-exact record of the waveform with no encoding loss at all. That makes it the standard working format for recording and editing, and a poor choice for distribution: roughly 10 MB per minute of CD-quality stereo.

Read the format guide

Common questions

Does converting MP3 to WAV lose anything?

Yes. ID3 tags cannot be carried into WAV and is dropped. Editors, DAWs and hardware samplers want PCM. This gives them that, without pretending the MP3's discarded detail comes back.

Are my files uploaded when I convert MP3 to WAV?

No. The conversion runs in your browser tab, so the file is never transmitted and the page works offline once loaded.

What settings does Filoven use for MP3 to WAV?

Decoded to 16-bit PCM WAV. Roughly 10 MB per minute of stereo audio.

When should I not convert MP3 to WAV?

Not for listening. The file gets about eight times larger and sounds identical.