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Add your WAV file
Drop a File node on the canvas and upload the uncompressed .wav you want to archive as FLAC.
ConvertFree starter credits
WAVFLAC
Compress an uncompressed WAV into a bit-perfect FLAC that is roughly half the size with zero quality loss.
WAV stores raw linear PCM with no compression, so it is bit-perfect but heavy — about 10 MB per stereo minute at 16-bit/44.1 kHz. FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) compresses that same audio losslessly, typically down to 50–60% of the WAV size, and decodes back to a mathematically identical signal. Nothing is discarded: a FLAC is bit-for-bit reversible to the original WAV. Converting WAV to FLAC is the ideal archival move — you shed roughly half the storage while preserving full fidelity, and you gain embedded tagging and error detection that bare WAV lacks. FFmpeg performs the encode server-side. Choose this whenever you want a compact, tag-rich master copy without accepting any of the quality loss that MP3 or AAC would impose.
Convert WAV to FLAC on the canvas
Drop your file onto a Brainy Canvas board, connect the converter node, and download the result. New accounts get free starter credits — enough for roughly 100 audio conversions — with no card required.
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Attach the Audio Converter
Connect the File node to an Audio Converter node and select FLAC; FFmpeg losslessly encodes the PCM server-side in the sandbox.
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Download the FLAC
When encoding finishes, download the .flac — a smaller, bit-perfect copy of your WAV master.