MP3 to WAV
Decode to uncompressed audio for tools that will not take an MP3.
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It stays on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
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What this does and does not do
It decodes the MP3 into raw samples and writes them as a WAV. The result is far larger and sounds exactly the same, nothing the MP3 encoder discarded comes back. This is a compatibility step, not a quality upgrade.
It is worth doing when a DAW, a game engine, a phone system or an old piece of hardware refuses MP3 outright, or when you are about to do processing that would compound compression artefacts.
Common questions
Does WAV sound better than MP3?
Not when the WAV was made from an MP3. It is the same audio in a larger container.
Why is the file so big?
WAV stores every sample uncompressed: about 10 MB per minute in stereo at 44.1 kHz.