Sound Formats
Uncompressed: wav, aiff, au, smp, voc
Lossy: mp3, ra, vox
.wav is short for Waveform Audio File Format and is commonly used in videogames and sounds in this format are widely downloadable for free to put in videos or games.
.aiff is short for Audio Interchange File Format and it is a type of audio created by Apple and used a lot on Amiga and Mac systems.
.au is a standard audio file which was made by computer company Sun Microsystems and is used primarily for old computers created by the company NeXT although it is not used these days for anything else.
.smp is an old audio file type which was used back in the 90s for audio sampling however is not used much these days.
.voc is an audio type which was made by Creative and is associated with their soundcards, they are still used today although they aren't used for anything else.
.mp3 is a type of audio file which is widely used for most audio files these days, mainly music however sometimes audio files for games.
.ra is an audio type only used by RealPlayer which is a program which can play songs and videos.
.vox is an audio file which is also called Dialogic ADPCM although it is not used much at all.
Uncompressed: wav, aiff, au, smp, voc
Lossy: mp3, ra, vox
.wav is short for Waveform Audio File Format and is commonly used in videogames and sounds in this format are widely downloadable for free to put in videos or games.
.aiff is short for Audio Interchange File Format and it is a type of audio created by Apple and used a lot on Amiga and Mac systems.
.au is a standard audio file which was made by computer company Sun Microsystems and is used primarily for old computers created by the company NeXT although it is not used these days for anything else.
.smp is an old audio file type which was used back in the 90s for audio sampling however is not used much these days.
.voc is an audio type which was made by Creative and is associated with their soundcards, they are still used today although they aren't used for anything else.
.mp3 is a type of audio file which is widely used for most audio files these days, mainly music however sometimes audio files for games.
.ra is an audio type only used by RealPlayer which is a program which can play songs and videos.
.vox is an audio file which is also called Dialogic ADPCM although it is not used much at all.
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