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FLAC to WAV Converter

Convert FLAC to WAV

Drop a FLAC and download a 16-bit PCM WAV holding the same audio. Sample rate and channel count are preserved.

Nothing is lost in either direction between these two formats, so this conversion is purely about which file a downstream tool will open.

24-bit sources

The export writes 16-bit PCM. A 24-bit FLAC therefore loses its bottom 8 bits of resolution, which is inaudible on playback but does matter if the file is heading back into a mix for further gain staging and processing.

For archival work, keep the FLAC and decode to WAV only when a tool demands it.

Size

Expect about 10 MB per minute of 44.1 kHz stereo audio, so a full album runs several hundred megabytes. Exports stream to browser disk storage when it is available; without it, oversized jobs are refused rather than allowed to exhaust memory.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. FLAC compression is reversible, so the WAV receives the same audio the FLAC stored. Only the size changes.

Roughly 1.6x the FLAC, since FLAC usually lands near 60% of raw PCM. Expect about 10 MB per minute of 44.1 kHz stereo audio.

16-bit PCM. A 24-bit FLAC master is reduced to 16 bits on export, which matters for further mixing but not for playback or delivery.

Hardware samplers, embedded players, some speech recognition pipelines, and older plugin formats read RIFF WAVE only and have no FLAC decoder.

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