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WAVWAV (or WAVE), short for WAVEform audio format, is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing audio on PCs. It is a variant of the RIFF bitstream format method for storing data in "chunks", and thus also close to the IFF and the AIFF format used on Macintosh computers. It takes into account some peculiarities of the Intel CPU such as little endian byte order. The RIFF format acts as a "wrapper" for various audio compression codecs. It is the main format used on Windows systems for raw audio.
Though a WAV file can hold audio compressed with any codec, by far the most common format is PCM audio data. Since PCM uses an uncompressed, lossless storage method which keeps all the samples of an audio track, professional users or audio experts may use the WAV format for maximum audio quality. WAV audio can also be edited and manipulated with relative ease using software.
As file sharing over the Internet has become popular, the WAV format has declined in popularity, primarily because uncompressed WAV files are quite large. More frequently, compressed but lossy formats such as MP3 and Ogg Vorbis are used to store and transfer audio, since their smaller file sizes allow for faster transfers over the Internet, and large collections of files consume only a conservative amount of disk space.
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AKoff Sound Labs
Music Composer is music recognition software which performs Wave to Midi conversion.
http://www.akoff.com
Intelliscore Polyphonic
WAV to MIDI, MP3 to MIDI converter for live performance, making MID files, and music transcription. Free demo.
http://www.intelliscore.net/
Advanced WMA Workshop
Encodes WAV, MP3 and OGG files to WMA and vice versa. Also has CD ripper.
http://www.litexmedia.com/
WAVmaker
A MIDI to WAV renderer.
http://www.polyhedric.com/software/wavmaker/
Ogg-converter.com
Converts among MP3, WAV, WMA, Ogg, supports resampling.
http://www.ogg-converter.com/
Click and Convert
Converts music files between WMA, MP3, WAV, WMA, etc. for CD burning or online sharing. Also supports CD ripping.
http://www.iburn.net/wma-to-mp3.html
MID Converter
MIDI To WAV, MP3, Ogg batch converter. Playback also.
http://midconverter.com
Vinyl Ripper
Records, automatically splits, and encodes long wave files to MP3 and Ogg Vorbis.
http://www.mhc.se/software/vinyl/
MM-EDL
Audio project file format (EDL / ADL) converter. This utility facilitates fast import and export of the most common professional audio project formats.
http://www.mm-edl.com/
Zplane Development
"Compaact!" encodes audio files with the multi-channel MPEG-4 AAC algorithm.
http://www.compaact.com/aacPage.php?SPRACHE=UK&PAGE=home
Smart Score
Converts printed sheet music into multi-track MIDI files. Handles virtually any type of score, 90-98% accuracy. TWAIN compatible.
http://www.musitek.com/
Easy Hi-Q Converter
Converts multiple audio file types at once, formats include MP3, WMA 9, WAV, Ogg, MP2, ADPCM, GSM 6.10, DSP, VOX.
http://www.roemersoftware.com/moreinfo6.html
Alive MP3 WAV Converter
Converts between MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, and VOX files.
http://www.mp3-wav-converters.com
TrueTone
MIDI to RTTTL ringtone batch converter. Demo available.
http://3rdearproductions.com/software/
Monkey's Audio
Lossless compression of digital music.
http://www.monkeysaudio.com
MidiSyn
Convert your MIDI files to WAVE or MP3, burn them to CD. Uses Sound Fonts as MIDI sample data.
http://planeta.clix.pt/acesteves/MidiSyn/MSynMain.htm
Digital Ear
Audio to MIDI conversion software.
http://www.digital-ear.com/
EasyWMA Converter
Converts MP3, MP2, and WAV files to WMA format.
http://www.gramasoft.com/
WIDI Recognition System
Converts recorded polyphonic music or voice into MIDI, does not come with MIDI editor.
http://www.widisoft.com/
Midi2Wav
Recorder from RINASoft converts MIDI files to WAV (for example, CD quality) using your sound card synthesis.
http://www.midi2wav.com/
dBpowerAMP
Converter that supports MP3, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, and CDA.
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
CoolSpeaking
A text to speech converter software that can read any text for you or convert text to WAV files.
http://www.yesgoal.com/speaking/speaking.htm
Advanced Encode Decode Tools
Converts WMA, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, has batch mode and ability to use CDDB/FreeDB with CDs.
http://www.mediatwins.com/products/1707-1.htm
Solo Explorer
WAVE to MIDI conversion and editing software. Extracts music scores out of monophonic audio recordings.
http://www.recognisoft.com/
TextAloud
Converts text into voice and even to MP3. Listen to email, web pages, and documents.
http://www.textaloud.com/
Computall Services
DAT to WAV.
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~aa571/
CD Studio Converter
Audio grabber converts to WMA.
http://www.dialog-medien.de/CDS/
Neuratron Software
Scans sheet music and converts it to MIDI sequences.
http://www.neuratron.com/index.htm
PCtoS550
Converts WAV files into SysEx MIDI dumps for the Roland S-550 digital sampler. Freeware.
http://www.geocities.com/pctos550/
Muse
Converts many formats, plays and burns music files. Windows shareware version for download.
http://www.lacoj.com/
Extreme Sample Converter
Browser, real-time player, editor, disc copier and converter between different audio formats.
http://www.extranslator.com/
Super Audio Converter
MP3, WAV, WMA (Windows Media Audio), Ogg and Vqf formats.
http://www.audioconverter.net
Complete Audio Converter Pro
Formats include MP3, WMA, WAV. Configurable frequency, bitrate, channels.
http://www.audioi.com/
R8brain
Sample rate conversion of WAV files. Batch processing supported.
http://www.voxengo.com/r8brain/
MuseBook MidiMic
Use your acoustic monophonic instrument through a microphone to get MIDI output.
http://www.musebook.com/?page=mbmidimic
Xenoage MusicXML Converter
Converts MusicXML to MIDI to exchange files between music notation software.
http://mxmlconv.xenoage.de
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