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AAC

AAC Type: noun, acronym, file type Pronunciation: /a-a-c/ Also spelled or known as: A.A.C, A-A-C What does AAC mean? A lossy audio file format created by Apple. AAC is a lossy audio file format created by Apple with a slightly better compression algorithm than MP3 for quality. More formats by Apple: AIFF Example sentence: “I […]

AAX

AAX Type: noun, acronym Pronunciation: /a-a-x/ Also spelled or known as: A.A.X, A-A-X What does AAX mean? Avid Audio eXtension. AAX (Avid Audio eXtension) is a plugin format popular among engineers and native to Avid Pro Tools only. Example sentence: “The plugin is a AAX file.”

AIFF

AIFF Type: noun, acronym, file format Pronunciation: /a-i-f-f/ Also spelled or known as: A.I.F.F., A-I-F-F Related: AAC What does AIFF mean? Audio Interchange File Format. AIFF is a high-quality audio file format created by Apple. More file formats: AAC, WAV, WAVE, MP3 Example sentence: “I just bounced the AIFF file.”

FLAC

FLAC Type: noun, acronym Pronunciation: /f-l-a-c/ Also spelled or known as: F-L-A-C, F.L.A.C., F L A C Related: AIFF, Wav, MP3 What does FLAC mean? Free lossless audio codec. FLAC stands for Free lossless audio codec. FLAC files are compressed to nearly half the size of WAV files, with the same sample rate. FLAC maintains […]

MP3

MP3 Type: noun, file format Pronunciation: /m-p-3/ Plural: MP3s What does MP3 mean? MPEG Audio Layer III, a lossy audio file format that compresses the audio to save space. MP3 stands for MPEG Audio Layer III Similar to MP3: .WAV, Wave, AIFF Example sentence: “The MP3 file is downloading right now.”

WAV

WAV Type: noun, codec, file format Pronunciation: /wave/ Plural: WAVs Related: Waveform What does WAV mean? WAV, or Waveform Audio File Format, the standard format for audio files. WAV synonyms: .WAV Other File Formats: AIFF, MP3 Example sentence: “I just emailed you the WAV file.”