Types of formats:

There are three major groups of audio file formats:

•Uncompressed - The most popular being  WAV, AIFF, BWAV, SDII

     • WAV    It is a cross-platform file format.

     • AIFF     A cross-platform file format supported by a large number of digital video an      

                     applications. (Audio Interchange File Format)

    • BWAV  is a file that allows metadata information to be store in it, such as timecode.

                     (Broadcast  Wave)

     • SDII     is a file created by Digidesign for use in Pro Tools & Avid, it supports  

                              timecode. (Sound Designer II)

                     

• Lossless           - FLAC, ATRAC and WMA 

• Lossy                - MP3, Vorbis, AAC, lossy WMA and others