WAV file

A WAV file is the everyday audio container: a header describing the format, a block of sample data, and room for extra metadata chunks.

Hyperwave's standard WAV header is 44 bytes. Its fmt chunk specifies the PCM or IEEE float format, channel count, and sample rate; the data chunk holds the samples. WAV files can include additional chunks containing metadata. An importer interprets a packed wavetable WAV as consecutive frames.