Converting one audio file from one file format to another is super easy, and that is due to the many options we have. Many operating systems come with at least one tool designed for converting audio, ...

Connect your stereo amplifier to your PC's sound board and use the free, open-source Audacity audio-conversion software to create MP3s, WMAs, or other digital copies of your analog tunes. Dennis ...

In today’s fast-paced work environment, the accumulation of audio content poses a major challenge for organizations and individuals. Meetings, interviews, webinars, training sessions, client calls, ...

Scenario: You’ve obtained an audio or video file that’s either in a format unsupported by the device you intend to play it on—an iOS device, traditional iPod, or your Mac, for example—or in a form ...

Audio files come in a number of different formats. Some are lossy, such as AAC and MP3; they save space compared to the original files, but some of the original data is lost during compression. Some ...

There’s always the need to download and convert YouTube videos to MP3, MP4 or other video formats. These days, developers want us to use apps, but for those who want to do things a little differently, ...

In previous installments of the AudioFile, we've talked about basic PCM audio, which encodes audio into a series of numbers that a computer can play or manipulate. We've also discussed the process of ...

Digital sound is nothing more than numbers. What separates one container from another is how those numbers are packed, how much data (if any) is thrown away, and which devices understand the result.