When you'd do this
Your DAW, sampler, DJ software or CD burning app takes WAV but not FLAC, or you need plain WAVs for a client.
What to expect
A 4-minute FLAC of a CD track is typically about 24 MB. The WAV is about 40 MB at 16-bit: bigger, but exactly the same sound.
Recommended settings
Match the FLAC: 16-bit for CD rips (the default), 24-bit for hi-res and studio files — at 16-bit a 24-bit FLAC is rounded.
Where it plays
Every editor, DAW, CD burner, computer and phone.
Good to know
- Track tags and cover art aren't copied.
- A WAV made here can be up to 60 minutes long and 1 GB.
- Safari reads a FLAC whole: there it can be up to 200 MB and 30 minutes.
How to do it
- Choose your FLAC files, or drop them on the page — as many as you like.
- Each is set to WAV. Change one on its own row if you like, and the bit depth and the channels in Settings.
- Convert all, then download each WAV, or all of them in one .zip.
Questions
- Does FLAC to WAV lose quality?
- No. Both are lossless: at the FLAC's own bit depth the WAV is sample for sample the same.
- Should I choose 16-bit or 24-bit?
- The FLAC's own: 16-bit for CD-quality files, 24-bit for hi-res ones.
- Can I convert many FLACs at once?
- Yes, and download the WAVs together as a .zip.