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2016/03/12 12:16:20 (permalink)

All those WAV options when exporting!

What's the difference between
  • WAVE
  • Broadcast Wave
  • W64 (SoundFoundry WAVE64)
  • WAV (Microsoft)
  • WAVEX (Microsoft)
  • Soundcloud - WAV
and which one is best to use?
 
Plus there are bunch of other audio export options that I can't find in the help docs.  Not sure how to proceed.
 
What I'm doing is converting my MIDI music to another format so I can use them as backup for live performances.
 

DAW: Cakewalk by Bandlab (latest version) - x64
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    Re: All those WAV options when exporting! 2016/03/12 12:21:29 (permalink) ☼ Best Answerby jyoung60 2016/03/12 12:55:38
    Wave (the default) should be fine. If the file exceeds the size limit, SONAR will automatically use W64.
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    Re: All those WAV options when exporting! 2016/03/12 13:25:32 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby jyoung60 2016/03/12 13:45:24
    Broadcast wav includes a time stamp of where the wav begins on a timeline. Useful for collaborations with others who use a different DAW.

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    Re: All those WAV options when exporting! 2016/03/12 13:53:32 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby jyoung60 2016/03/12 15:31:13
    • WAVE - default wave format - uses Cakewalk encoder (will auto write wave 64 if file size exceeds 2 gb)
    • Broadcast Wave  same as wave but with special header to specify time stamps and other metadata
    • W64 (SoundFoundry WAVE64)  extended format for wave files that exceed 2GB
    • WAV (Microsoft)  - similar to default wave but written by libsnd encoder
    • WAVEX (Microsoft) - Wave format extensible format, has different file header used for multichannel wave files typically, and also for 24 bit wave files 
    • Soundcloud - WAV   - this exports a wave file for upload to soundcloud
     
    The other export choices are all various audio file formats. Google them and you will find more info about them.
     

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