P2 exercise

Research and explain when you would use the following format and why?

Sound file formats

Uncompressed:

WAV - Waveform Audio File, is the basic audio format for Microsoft, Apple and Linux. As a result, it is used to store low quality sounds with a lower storage cost. Used primarily for pre edited or compressed files. It is the standard audio file for most Microsoft systems.

RIFF - Resource Interchange File is a file that stores the audio in chunks, it is the format which WAV, and basic formats are based and built around, and it’s primarily used for video and sound. Like WAV it’s good for unedited sound files, however it isn’t as high audio fidelity as WAV.
AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format, is the standard format for storing recorded audio for PC's, whilst also being able to stream, its a reasonably high fidelity meaning it would be great for films, but not for portable devices.

AU – It is the format which early web pages used, it is a 32 bit audio file. Storing more than WAV files, you would use this for actual music recording, as it sounds crisper.

SMP – it’s a 16-bit audio file was originally an extension for sampler instrument patches.

VOC – they were used to store digitized wave sounds, which was used for basic speech in older video games

Lossy compression:

Mp3 – It is a basic compressed file for both audio and sound. Used in phones and portable devices as it’s a small file size, although it loses the fidelity of the original audio track in the proses

RA – RealAudio, It uses a variety of audio codecs, ranging from low-bitrate formats to high-fidelity formats of sound, It is mostly used in sound that is streamed through the internet