Step 1: Share your FLAC files using the button above or by drag and drop.
Step 2: Click the 'Transform' button to start the transformation.
Step 3: Grab your converted WAV files.
FLAC to WAV Transformation FAQ
What bitrate will the resulting WAV file use?
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A lossy WAV is encoded at 192 kbps by default. The Audio Quality setting also offers 320 kbps for the best quality and 128 kbps for a smaller file. A lossless WAV (WAV, FLAC) ignores the bitrate and keeps every sample.
Is FLAC to WAV genuinely lossless?
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Yes. Both formats keep every sample, so decoding the WAV returns a bit-identical copy of the audio inside the FLAC. Nothing is quantised, nothing is discarded, and the conversion can be repeated indefinitely without accumulating artefacts. What changes is the file size and which software will open it. FLAC uses linear prediction plus Rice coding to reach roughly 50-60% of the original size while decoding back to bit-identical PCM. WAV normally stores raw uncompressed PCM — every sample kept exactly, at whatever bit depth and sample rate was captured.
Will my track titles and album art survive the FLAC to WAV conversion?
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Not intact. FLAC carries a proper metadata block, but WAV has no standard place for artist, album, track number or cover art, so tags are dropped rather than mangled. Keep the FLAC as the tagged copy, or re-tag afterwards with a tool like Mp3tag or MusicBrainz Picard. WAV is enormous — roughly 10 MB per stereo minute at CD quality — and the classic format has a 4 GB ceiling and no room for proper tags.
Will going from FLAC to WAV reduce my audio quality?
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If FLAC is lossy and WAV is lossless (e.g. MP3 → WAV), the WAV is no better than the FLAC — you cannot recover information already discarded. If FLAC is lossless and WAV is lossy, the WAV codec recompresses; at 192 kbps the result is transparent for most content.
Can I batch convert hundreds of FLAC files to WAV?
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Several files in one job need a paid plan. Free use is one file per conversion, one conversion an hour. On a paid plan you can add several files to one job, then download each result on its own or all of them in one ZIP.
Will the WAV keep the same sample rate as FLAC?
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By default yes — 48 kHz FLAC stays 48 kHz in WAV. If you need to downsample for compatibility (96 kHz → 44.1 kHz for CD burning), the sample-rate option applies high-quality resampling in the same encode pass.
Can I normalize loudness when converting FLAC to WAV?
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Not in this step. The converter has no loudness setting and leaves the level as it is. To even out the volume, run the finished WAV through a Normalize tool on this site.
Will my WAV play on car stereo, iPod, and Sonos?
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MP3 plays almost everywhere. AAC plays on Apple devices, most Android phones and Sonos. FLAC plays on Sonos and Android but not on older iPods, and WAV plays on nearly everything but makes large files. There are no device presets on this page, so choose the target format your player supports. WAV is the correct format for editing, mastering and archiving, because it can be re-encoded any number of times without accumulating artefacts.
Is my FLAC file private during conversion to WAV?
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Yes. Uploaded FLAC files are processed on our own conversion servers, no person reviews them, and they are never shared. The upload and the converted WAV are both deleted automatically about 24 hours after the conversion, which leaves time to download the result. See /privacy/ for the full policy.
How long does converting a 1-hour FLAC to WAV take?
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It depends on the size and length of the file. Small documents and images are usually ready quickly. Long videos take the longest, because most video conversions re-encode every frame.
