.wav format?

Question

Can I convert MP3 to Wav format?Does it reduce the file size?

Dear all,
Thank you very much for the detailed answers.But I am confused.I download lots of music from 'limewire' and they are mostly in MP3 format and roughly it is 1MB per minute.
Then I come across other sites which offer music which are in wave format.But it takes only around 500kb for 4 minute and downloads very fast.Let me give you one example.Let me take the song by Carly Simon "all i want is you".It is in WAV format and 460kb and 3.55 minutes.
Now let me go to limewire.I downloaded the same song.It is MP3 3648 kb and about 4 minutes.
I do not understand it.Can you please enlighten me on this please?

Answer 1

yes you can do this with a program called cool edit pro or just search yahoo for "WAV MP3 convert" or "MP3 to wav converter Free"

Answer 2

Yes, you can convert from practically any format to any other format with the right software.

.wav is the purest of sound formats, but the oldest.
a 5 minute song takes about 55Mb in diskspace.

.mp3 is a compressed form of .wav and it is 10 times better.
a 5 min song takes about 5.5Mb in diskspace, so mp3 is def what u want.

I use the alivemedia.net program to convert. But I also have this wav editing program (goldwave.com) that records sounds in .wav format, but I can hit File, Save As, and choose many formats to save it as including .mp3.

I like the alivemedia.net program because it is 5 times fast than LAME (freeware).

To get a free wav to mp3 (or vice versa) converter, go to http://lame.sourceforge.net/

Answer 3

Yes you can - and no it will not.
MP3 is compressed, WAV is not.

If you have a CD and wish to rip it - you can rip to WAV but then you`d have 1 on 1 copies - and no loss whatsoever.

Answer 4

it increases the size and its pointless if ur looking for quality ... however thats cd format basically ... so if u drop ur mp3s in ur cdrom drive and burn them windows will ask if u want a music cd and convert them for you ..