3 Efficient Ways to Convert MP3 to WAV (Windows/Mac/Online)

Both MP3 and WAV are audio file formats. If you want good sound quality, you’d better choose WAV format. So how to convert MP3 to WAV to improve audio quality? In this post, we’ll discuss 3 methods to convert MP3 to WAV.

MP3 and WAV are the two common audio formats. Is a WAV file better than MP3? The answer is yes. MP3 is compressed while WAV is uncompressed. As is known to all, uncompressed audio files often take much storage space but have high sound quality. So it’s a great idea to convert MP3 to WAV.

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How to Convert MP3 to WAV

This part provides three MP3 to WAV converters and shows them work.

Convert MP3 to WAV on Windows

For Windows users, here recommend the professional audio editor – Audacity. It works on any operating system including Windows, Mac and others. This audio editor allows you to edit sound files and export them in WAV, AIFF, FLAC, AU and OGG Vorbis files.

Take the following steps to convert MP3 to WAV.

Step 1. Download and install the Windows version of Audacity on your computer.

Step 2. Open this MP3 to WAV converter and click on File to open the MP3 file you want to convert.

Step 3. On this page, you can change the rate in the Project Rate tab at the left corner of the window.

change the project rate

Step 4. Tap on File again and choose the Export Audio option from the drop-down window. Then choose a folder to save the WAV file.

Convert MP3 to WAV on Mac

For Mac users, they can use iTunes to convert MP3 to WAV.

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Here’s how to convert MP3 to WAV in iTunes:

Step 1. Run iTunes on your computer, tap on Edit and choose the option Preferences… to open the General Preferences window.

Step 2. In the General tab, tap the Import Settings and select the WAV Encoder from the drop-down list. Click OK to go on.

Step 3. Choose the target MP3 file and click File to drop down the list. Then click Convert > Create WAV Version.

Step 4. After that, the new file in WAV format will appear next to the original file.

Convert MP3 to WAV Online

If you don’t want to install any programs on your PC, try Online Audio Converter. It’s a free web application that converts audio files in any popular format such as WAV, MP3, M4A, OGG, FLAC and more. Also, it allows you to extract audio from a video file and convert multiple files in a batch.

Step 1. Open the Online Audio Converter website and choose Open files to import the MP3 file from your device.

open the MP3 file

Step 2. Tap on WAV and choose the right audio quality option.

Step 3. Press the Convert button to convert MP3 to WAV. After the conversion finishes, click on Download to save the WAV file.

Conclusion

This post lists three methods to help you convert MP3 to WAV easily. Now, pick an MP3 to WAV converter and try it out!

If there is any problem in converting MP3 to WAV, leave a comment below.

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Zoe

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Zoe works as editor at MiniTool for many years, writing articles about video editing skills. She has published hundreds of articles about video editing, video conversion, video downloading, audio editing and photo editing. She also writes some articles about YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. During her spare time, Zoe loves reading, traveling, skating, watching movies, musicals and plays. Her favorite musicals include The Phantom of the Opera, Hamilton and Le Rouge et le Noir.