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W64 (Sony Wave64 · Ses Formatı)

Çıkış yılı 1997 Geliştirici: Sonic Foundry (later Sony)

Sony Wave64 (.w64), KaijuConverter tarafından profesyonel veri alışverişi, arşivleme ve çapraz platform dönüştürme için desteklenen standart bir dosya formatıdır.

Aile

Audio Files

Uzantı

.w64

MIME Türü

audio/x-w64

Kullanım şekli

Girdi Çıktı

Hikayesi

W64 NASIL
ORTAYA ÇIKTI.

W64 — Sony Wave64 — was designed by Sonic Foundry (acquired by Sony in 2003) as a 64-bit extension of WAV. Classic WAV inherited WAV’s 4 GB file-size limit from its 32-bit chunk sizes. Professional multi-track recordings at high sample rates bumped that ceiling quickly — a 2-hour 24-bit/96 kHz 8-track session exceeds WAV’s limit. W64 swaps the 4-byte chunk-size headers for 8-byte variants, giving effectively unlimited file sizes.

W64 is the Sony Vegas / Sound Forge save format for long sessions, especially surround mixes and field recordings. It’s less universal than WAV but every pro audio workstation (Pro Tools, Logic, Reaper) reads W64 natively. When file-size matters more than compatibility — like recording 48-hour environmental soundscapes at 24-bit/96 kHz — W64 is the format that works.

MERAK EDİLENLER VE
İLGİNÇ BİLGİLER.

Classic WAV files cap at 4 GB because chunk sizes use 32-bit integers — W64 uses 64-bit integers for effectively unlimited size.

Sonic Foundry created W64 for Vegas Video and Sound Forge before Sony acquired them in 2003.

Field recorders that capture days of audio (wildlife, environmental science) rely on W64 to avoid splitting captures.

Every major DAW (Pro Tools, Logic, Reaper, Cubase) reads and writes W64.

W64 is sometimes confused with RF64 — a similar 64-bit WAV extension from EBU for broadcast.

GÜÇLÜ YÖNLER VE
SINIRLAMALAR.

Güçlü Yönler

Unlimited file size (64-bit chunks).
Professional DAW compatibility.
Bit-exact lossless.

Sınırlamalar

Less universal than WAV.
Niche — only matters for very large sessions.
Competes with RF64.

Tipik Boyutlar ve Ağırlıklar

1-hour 24-bit 48 kHz mono

~620 MB

48-hour field recording

~30 GB

Teknik Özellikler

MIME type: audio/x-w64
Extension: .w64
Max size: 2^64 bytes
Relative: RF64 (EBU 64-bit WAV)

ŞUNDAN DÖNÜŞTÜR:
W64

w64 mp3 w64 wav w64 flac w64 aac w64 m4a w64 ogg w64 opus w64 wma w64 aiff w64 aif w64 gsm w64 voc w64 shn w64 sox w64 snd w64 8svx w64 tta w64 wv w64 spx w64 mp2 w64 dsf w64 dff

ŞUNA DÖNÜŞTÜR:
W64

mp3 w64 wav w64 flac w64 aac w64 m4a w64 ogg w64 opus w64 aif w64 gsm w64 voc w64 shn w64 sox w64 snd w64 8svx w64 tta w64 wv w64 spx w64 mp2 w64 dsf w64 dff w64

Yaygın Kullanım Senaryoları

Long-form recording, multi-channel professional audio, large WAV replacement