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FLAC to WAV.
Both are lossless, and some programs only open one of them. Drop a FLAC or a whole album and each comes back as a WAV with exactly the same samples, at the same bit depth and sample rate. Converted on your own machine.
01 Files
MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG and Opus, or a video for its sound, as many as you like. The files are read on your device and never upload.
02 Convert to
Lossless PCM at the file's own sample rate: 24-bit sources stay 24-bit, everything else is 16-bit. Each file downloads as it finishes.
Converted, then a video
A song on its way to YouTube, TikTok or Reels still needs a picture there. Above, a frame from our music visualizer, which turns the converted file into a video that moves with it. For a cover held still with the sound, use WAV to MP4; for a voice recording, the waveform video maker.
How to convert FLAC to WAV
FLAC is WAV with lossless compression: the same samples, packed to about half the size. Some DAWs, samplers, CD burners and older players read WAV and not FLAC, so the album you bought on Bandcamp needs unpacking first. Converting decodes the FLAC and writes the samples out as PCM, in your browser, and nothing about the sound changes.
- Drop the FLAC files anywhere on the page, or click to choose them, one or a whole folder. Each shows its format, sample rate and length at once. No file to hand? Try the sample.
- Keep WAV. A 16-bit FLAC gives a 16-bit WAV, a 24-bit FLAC a 24-bit WAV, at the same sample rate.
- Press Convert. The files go one after another, each with its own progress line, and each WAV downloads under the original name as soon as it is done.
Related
- Audio converterEvery format in, MP3, WAV or M4A out, and what each one does.
- FLAC to MP3The same file as MP3 instead.
- MP3 to WAVThe same converter for a MP3 file.
- M4A to WAVThe same converter for a M4A file.
- WAV to MP4The converted file with a cover, as a 1080p video.
- MP3 tag editorFix the title, artist or cover in the MP3.
- Audio trimmerOnly need part of it? Cut it down first.
Questions
Is FLAC to WAV really lossless?+
Yes. We converted 16-bit, 44.1 kHz and 24-bit, 96 kHz test files and compared the WAVs with ffmpeg's: identical, sample for sample. The bit depth and sample rate stay what the FLAC has, so a hi-res file stays hi-res.
Why is the WAV so much bigger?+
FLAC compresses losslessly, typically to half or two thirds of the PCM; WAV stores the PCM as it is. A 30 MB FLAC album track becomes 40 to 60 MB as WAV. The sound is the same; only the packing differs.
Are the tags kept?+
The title, artist and album go into the WAV's INFO chunk, which many editors and players read. The cover is dropped: WAV has no standard place for a picture. Keep the FLAC if the artwork matters, or convert to MP3, which carries it.
Can I convert a whole album?+
Yes. Drop all the tracks together: they convert one after another and each WAV downloads as it finishes. Chrome asks once whether the page may download several files; allow it. A 24-bit album is large as WAV, about 1 GB an hour at 96 kHz stereo, so check the space on your drive.
Is my audio uploaded?+
No. Each file is decoded and encoded in your browser, a piece at a time, and the download is made there. Nothing leaves your machine, nothing is watermarked, and there is no queue. The page only counts that a file was converted, with the formats, never a name or the audio.
How fast is it?+
Measured in Chrome on a laptop with a two minute song: WAV to a 192 kbps MP3 in about two and a half seconds, MP3 to WAV in under two. A phone is slower. Files go one at a time, so a batch takes the sum of its files.