CriticShift
27 Universal Audio Formats • Convert Any to Any • 100% Private

Ultra Fast Audio Converter & Editor

Convert between any audio format vice versa in your browser. Real digital signal processing, sample rate mastering, volume gain, and full batch export.

Auto-Detects Audio Formats
Automatically identifies source container upon file selection
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Tap to select audio files from your device

Supports MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, AAC, OGG, OPUS, WMA, AIFF, ALAC, AMR, AC3, M4B, M4R, WEBA, OGA, CAF, AIF, MP2, W64, AIFC, AU, SND, GSM, DSS, VOC, AVR

Lossless PCM LAME MP3 Apple AIFF/CAF Sun AU Batch Export

How It Works

Convert your audio streams securely in three simple steps.

01

Select From & To Formats

Choose any of the 27 formats (MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, AIFF, OGG, OPUS, WMA, AU, etc.) and reverse them anytime with the swap button.

02

Fine-Tune Quality Parameters

Customize bitrates up to 320kbps, adjust sample rates (up to 48kHz), force stereo/mono, or apply volume boost and trim.

03

Instant In-Browser Synthesis

Your audio is processed locally using Web Audio API and exported directly to your computer with zero upload delay.

Supported Audio Containers & Codecs

Full technical breakdown of all 27 supported audio file extensions, ordered from most common to specialized.

MP3 Lossy Psychoacoustic

MPEG-1 Audio Layer III

The world's most widely supported audio format using LAME perceptual compression. Built for universal music playback, podcasts, and mobile devices.

WAV Uncompressed PCM

Waveform Audio File

Microsoft & IBM RIFF container storing raw 16-bit Little-Endian Linear PCM samples. Uncompressed studio master quality for DAWs and audio mastering.

M4A / AAC / M4B / M4R Advanced Audio & MP4

Advanced Audio Coding & ISO MP4

High-efficiency perceptual audio in ADTS (.aac) and ISO BMFF containers for Apple Music (.m4a), audiobooks (.m4b), and iPhone ringtones (.m4r).

FLAC Lossless Compressed

Free Lossless Audio Codec

RFC 9639 bit-exact lossless compression using linear prediction and Rice coding with CRC-8/CRC-16 frame verification for audiophile archiving.

OGG / OPUS / WEBA / OGA Web & Streaming

Xiph Ogg, IETF Opus & WebM Audio

Modern open-standard containers encapsulating low-latency RFC 6716 Opus and Ogg FLAC streams with CRC-32 page verification and Matroska WebM muxing.

WMA Windows Media ASF

Windows Media Audio

Microsoft Advanced Systems Format (ASF) container with official binary GUID headers and 4-bit adaptive differential pulse-code modulation.

AIFF / AIF / AIFC Apple Studio PCM

Audio Interchange File Format

Apple Macintosh native EA IFF 85 audio standard storing 16-bit Big-Endian Linear PCM samples with 80-bit IEEE 754 extended sample rate precision.

ALAC Apple Lossless

Apple Lossless Audio Codec

Apple's native bit-exact lossless audio format stored inside an ISO BMFF container with a dedicated 36-byte ALAC magic cookie descriptor box.

AC3 / MP2 Cinema & Broadcast

Dolby Digital & MPEG-1 Layer II

ATSC A/52 Dolby Digital (.ac3) frames with dual CRC-16 verification for home theater, alongside ISO/IEC 11172-3 Layer II (.mp2) for radio and TV broadcast.

CAF / W64 64-Bit Studio Master

Apple Core Audio & Sony Wave64

Next-generation 64-bit studio containers (.caf and .w64) engineered to overcome the 4GB file size ceiling of traditional 32-bit WAV and AIFF masters.

AMR / GSM / DSS Voice & Telephony

Speech & Dictation Codecs

Dedicated narrowband speech formats including 3GPP AMR-NB (.amr), ETSI GSM 06.10 Full Rate (.gsm), and Olympus Digital Speech Standard (.dss).

AU / SND / VOC / AVR Unix & Hardware Sampler

Classic Workstation & Sampler Audio

Includes Sun/NeXT (.au/.snd) 24-byte PCM, Creative Sound Blaster Voice (.voc) Block 9 audio, and Audio Visual Research 2BIT (.avr) hardware sampler files.

Audio Format Comparison

Direct breakdown of compression type, bandwidth, and fidelity across all 27 supported formats.

Format Compression Fidelity Level Avg Size (3-min song) Platform Compatibility
MP3 Lossy (Psychoacoustic LAME) High (64–320 kbps) ~3 MB - 7 MB Universal (100% Devices)
WAV Uncompressed (16-bit LE PCM) Studio Master (100%) ~30 MB - 50 MB Universal (Windows/Mac/DAW)
M4A / AAC / M4B / M4R Lossy (Advanced Audio / ISO MP4) Superior to MP3 at equal kbps ~3 MB - 6 MB Apple / iOS / Web / Audiobooks
FLAC Lossless (LPC + Rice Coding) Bit-for-Bit Exact (CRC Verified) ~18 MB - 25 MB Audiophile / Modern OS
OGG / OGA Lossless / Xiph Ogg Container Bit-Exact Ogg FLAC / Ogg Audio ~18 MB - 25 MB Web / Gaming / Desktop OS
OPUS / WEBA Lossy (IETF Opus / WebM EBML) Ultra-Low Latency High Fidelity ~2.5 MB - 5 MB Modern Browsers / Streaming
WMA Lossy (Microsoft ASF / ADPCM) 4:1 Adaptive Differential PCM ~7 MB - 12 MB Windows Media / Legacy PC
AIFF / AIF / AIFC Uncompressed (16-bit BE PCM) Studio Master (100%) ~30 MB - 50 MB Apple / macOS / Logic Pro
ALAC Lossless (Apple ISO BMFF) Bit-for-Bit Exact (Apple Master) ~25 MB - 32 MB Apple Music / iOS / macOS
AC3 / MP2 Lossy (Dolby A/52 & MPEG Layer II) Broadcast & Cinema Standard ~2.5 MB - 6 MB Home Theater / TV / Radio
CAF / W64 Uncompressed (64-Bit Master PCM) Studio Master (>4GB Support) ~30 MB - 50 MB Pro DAWs / Logic / Reaper
AMR / GSM / DSS Lossy (Narrowband Speech Codecs) Voice & Dictation (8–11 kHz) ~0.3 MB - 1.2 MB Telephony / Dictation Hardware
AU / SND / VOC / AVR Uncompressed (Linear PCM) Workstation & Hardware Sampler ~30 MB - 50 MB Unix / Java / Hardware Samplers

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about CriticShift audio conversion.