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After pouring your heart and soul into a track, the final export for mastering is a critical step. This video breaks down whether WAV or AIFF is the better choice for preserving your audio's pristine quality.

Here's what you'll learn about preparing your tracks for mastering:
► WAV and AIFF files offer identical, uncompromised audio quality for mastering engineers, as both are uncompressed, lossless formats using PCM.
► Their core difference lies in historical development (Microsoft/IBM vs. Apple) and minor metadata support, but not sound quality.
► Your choice between WAV and AIFF should primarily be based on your mastering engineer's preference and workflow compatibility.
► Bit depth (24-bit, 32-bit float) and sample rate (44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz) are far more crucial technical specifications for audio fidelity than the file container.
► Always export at the same bit depth and sample rate as your mixing project, and confirm any specific requests with your mastering engineer.


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