The WAV Encoder is used to create WAV files.
Simply select Riptastic! WAV Encoder from the Encoder Selector before ripping.
The WAV Encoder has one configuration option:
Bits per sample -
WAV files are uncompressed.
However you have the option of encoding as a 16 bit or 8 bit WAV file.
Here "16 bit" and "8 bit" refer to the number of bits per sample per channel.
Audio data on a CD is 16 bits, so when you save as a 16-bit WAV file, you get the exact audio data as it exists on the CD.
When you save as an 8-bit WAV, the file is half the size, but the aural quality is diminished by the loss of information.
You can experiment by ripping the same track twice, once as 16-bit and again as 8-bit, and play them back to compare the quality.
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