Most Popular Audio Formats

Most popular audio formats

There are different audio formats and each one is use for different purpose, and it has its advantages and also disadvantages in comparison with otherAudio format. One of the most common is MP3, this format compresses its file to about one tenth of its size, by eliminating the parts that you can not hear in the audio. Theadvantages is that it uses less memory and in good quality and useful for music storage, the disadvantage is that it does not work well with voice storage. Another popular audio format isWindows Audio Version (WAV) mainly use in windows PC use for storing uncompressed files and have CD quality. The advantages it’s the quality and also that you can have the completefile. The disadvantage of a wav file it’s the large size it occupies. Audio Integrated File Format (AIFF) are similar to wav but you use them when working with Mac. Another audioformat is Advance Audio Coding (AAC) this is a new generation of audio format. Its advantages are that it preserves the size of MP3 files but with greater quality. The disadvantage isthat it is new and still it is not very common among Audio formats. Another popular format is Windows Media Audio(WMA). This was created because MP3 files needed to have license to beincluded in Windows operating system. It is the competition of Apples ITunes music since they are similar. The advantages are that it is license and they are the size of MP3 files.The disadvantage is that you can only play them in certain programs. There are many different audio format but there are use for different situations and sometimes some can workbetter depending on what you are using them for.

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