Files with the “.raw” extension provide uncompressed audio data, without headers to store information such as sampling rate, resolution, signedness or the number of channels. According to Bill Poser, author and MIT alumnus, RAW files are not as common as they once were. In contrast, the Waveform Audio File Format (.wav) is popular, especially on Windows-based computers, as the format is a Microsoft standard. These files are equipped for informative headers. Software such as Winamp and hardware such as Apple’s iPod support audio tracks in this format. Writer Bio
