Import Your WMA Files into Any DAW or Audio Editor
WMA is not supported by most professional audio tools. WAV is the universal uncompressed format accepted by every DAW, video editor, game engine, and broadcast pipeline on every platform. Upload your WMA and get lossless PCM WAV with no further quality loss in seconds.
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Audio Format Converter
Upload any audio file, choose an output format, and download the converted result. Supports MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, OGG, ALAC, WMA, Opus and M4A.
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Drop Converted Files Directly into Pro Tools, Logic, and Ableton
Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Audacity, Adobe Audition, and DaVinci Resolve all import WAV natively as uncompressed PCM. WMA is not recognized by any of these applications. Converting WMA to WAV is a single step that unlocks every professional audio tool on every platform, with no re-sampling, no format negotiation, and no quality loss beyond what the original WMA encoding introduced.
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No Further Quality Loss Beyond the Original WMA
WMA is a lossy codec that discards audio data during encoding. Converting to another lossy format like AAC or MP3 compounds that loss with a second encoding pass. Converting to WAV instead losslessly stores the PCM decoded from the WMA file, freezing the quality ceiling at the original WMA encoding. Every subsequent edit, effect chain, or re-export from the WAV starts from the best audio quality the source can provide.
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The Standard Hand-Off Format for Broadcast and Post-Production
Broadcast delivery specifications including EBU R128 and ATSC A/85 require uncompressed audio for hand-off between editors, mixers, and delivery engineers. Video post-production pipelines from Avid to Adobe expect WAV for audio tracks. Converting WMA source material to WAV makes it compliant with every broadcast and post-production delivery spec without any intermediate re-conversion step.
See It in ActionThree steps from WMA to DAW-ready WAV
Upload your WMA file
Drop any WMA file onto the tool or click to browse. Files from Windows Media Player, Zune, Windows Media Center, or any WMA-producing application are accepted.
Convert to WAV
Click "Convert". FFmpeg decodes the WMA stream to PCM and writes it as an uncompressed WAV file. No additional quality is lost beyond the original WMA encoding.
Download your WAV file
Preview the output in the browser player, then download your .wav file. Drop it into any DAW, video editor, game engine, or broadcast pipeline.
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WMA vs WAV: Proprietary Lossy Codec vs Universal Uncompressed Standard
WMA encodes audio with perceptual compression into a Microsoft-proprietary container. WAV stores raw PCM samples in an uncompressed container that has been the universal audio interchange format for over 30 years.
Our converter uses FFmpeg to decode WMA to PCM and write as uncompressed WAV, preserving the audio at the quality level of the original WMA source.
Why Convert WMA to WAV
Imports into Every DAW
Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Audacity, Adobe Audition, and DaVinci Resolve all accept WAV natively. No codec installation required on any platform.
No Further Quality Loss
WAV losslessly stores the decoded WMA audio. Quality is frozen at the original WMA encoding with no additional compression pass introduced.
Broadcast Delivery Ready
WAV is the required format for broadcast hand-off under EBU R128 and ATSC A/85. Convert WMA source material to WAV before delivering to broadcast or post-production pipelines.
Fast Conversion
Most WMA files convert to WAV in under 30 seconds on dedicated FFmpeg servers.
Who Uses It
Who Converts WMA to WAV
Music producers importing WMA into a DAW, podcast editors needing a lossless edit format, video post-production teams handling WMA source material, game audio designers importing assets, and anyone moving a WMA library into a professional audio workflow.
Converts using FFmpeg on dedicated servers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does converting WMA to WAV improve audio quality?
No. WAV is an uncompressed container that stores the PCM decoded from the WMA file exactly as-is. Audio quality lost during the original WMA encoding cannot be recovered. The benefit is that no additional quality is lost during the conversion, and every subsequent edit or re-export from the WAV file starts from the best audio the WMA source can provide, without compounding the original lossy encoding with a second one.
Why do Pro Tools, Logic, and Ableton not import WMA files?
Professional DAW applications on macOS do not include Microsoft's proprietary WMA codec. Apple's Core Audio framework, which Pro Tools, Logic, and Ableton use on Mac, does not include a WMA decoder. Converting to WAV removes the codec dependency entirely and gives the DAW standard PCM audio that requires no decoder at all.
How much larger will the WAV file be compared to the WMA?
Considerably larger. A 4-minute WMA file at 128 kbps is roughly 4 MB. The same audio as an uncompressed 44.1 kHz 16-bit WAV is approximately 40 MB. As a general rule, one minute of stereo 44.1 kHz 16-bit WAV is about 10 MB. Plan storage accordingly if converting large WMA collections.
Should I convert WMA to WAV or FLAC for archiving?
Both preserve the same audio quality from a WMA source. WAV is uncompressed and larger but has the widest tool compatibility, particularly for older software. FLAC is losslessly compressed to roughly 40-60% of the WAV size and carries richer metadata. For DAW imports and broadcast delivery, WAV is the safer choice. For long-term archiving where file size matters, FLAC is more practical.
Can I use the converted WAV in Wwise or FMOD?
Yes. Wwise and FMOD both use WAV as their native audio asset import format. Drop the converted WAV into your Wwise or FMOD project and it will import with full sample rate, channel layout, and loop marker support. WAV is the recommended source format for both middleware tools before they apply their own runtime compression.
Is there a file size limit?
The upload limit is 100 MB per file. Most WMA audio files are well within this limit.
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