Using DAW to convert WAV to AIFF

TheElement · Post by **TheElement** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 11:55 am

Hi guys,

Just curious..is there a lost of sound qulaity importing a WAV into your DAW and then exporting it as an AIFF?

Thanks!

andygabrys · Post by **andygabrys** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:57 pm

Not to me but some people claim to be differences.

Read up on PCM audio and the Wav and Aif formats.

TheElement · Post by **TheElement** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 1:02 pm

andygabrys wrote:Not to me but some people claim to be differences.

Read up on PCM audio and the Wav and Aif formats.

Thanks!

yeah got some wavs I need to convert to aif. used Landr to master the wavs (old tracks). dont want to remaster each track but might have to. would rather just convert what I have already.

marcblack30 · Post by **marcblack30** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 8:01 pm

I've always used iTunes to convert my music, never had any issues.

mojobone · Post by **mojobone** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 10:07 pm

The PCM data remains the same; the difference is in the header, whether it's big-endian or little-endian, in other words whether the most significant bit or the least significant bit is read first by the receiving device/processor. An unhelpful way of saying that conversion amounts to re-arranging some metadata.

Casey H · Post by **Casey H** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:01 am

WAAAAAY too much is discussed about quality when converting file formats. If you use any reputable DAW or converter software or iTunes, as far as I know there will be no perceptible difference to the human ear.

I've been using "Switch" from NCH Audio or iTunes for years and it's never had ANY impact on how the music has been perceived by libraries, end users, screeners, etc. Others use Sound Forge.

Stop worrying so much about this.

Best

Casey

mojobone · Post by **mojobone** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:18 am

TheElement wrote:Hi guys,

Just curious..is there a lost of sound qulaity importing a WAV into your DAW and then exporting it as an AIFF?

To clarify my prior post, no, there is nothing lost in converting between WAV or BWAV and AIFF nor vice versa. You can also convert between/among FLAC and ALAC and any of the above without losing any data/sound quality, if your software so allows.

TheElement · Post by **TheElement** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:26 pm

marcblack30 wrote:I've always used iTunes to convert my music, never had any issues.

itunes..great thanks I'm going to check that option out.

TheElement · Post by **TheElement** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:28 pm

OK Casey!

Thanks Mojo. interesting info. Good to know!

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