176 · Audio Tools

WAV to MP3 Converter

Make big WAV recordings small enough to email, upload or put on your phone.

or drop them here Files stay on your device

    How to use the wav to mp3 converter

    1. Choose or drop WAV files.
    2. Pick the MP3 quality (192 kbps suits most music).
    3. Download the MP3s.

    Choosing a bitrate

    For speech, 128 kbps (or mono) is plenty. For music, 192 kbps is hard to tell from the original for most listeners, and 320 kbps is the highest MP3 quality. A WAV becomes roughly 7–11 times smaller.

    Examples

    50 MB WAV, 192 kbps

    ≈ 7 MB MP3

    Interview WAV, 128 kbps mono

    ≈ 1 MB per minute

    Questions

    Are my files uploaded?

    No. Everything happens in your browser on your own device, so your files are never sent to a server.