How to Transfer Audios from WAV to M4A

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How to Transfer Audios from WAV to M4A

25 February 2020 Jennifer Thatcher Technology Manager of Test Dept.

Last update by Emma Johnson at 8 November 2026

Summary
Audio format transferring is very common when editing audios. For different audio formats have different characteristics. Then how to transfer audio format? Here we take WAV to M4A as an example to introduce audio format transfer.

Content

Part 1: Advantages of Transferring Audios from WAV to M4A

Part 2: How to Transfer Audios from WAV to M4A

1. Renee Audio Tools
2. Online Converter

Attachment: Use M4A as Ringtones in iPhone

Part 1: Advantages of Transferring Audios from WAV to M4A

WAV is an audio format developed by Microsoft and IBM. As the WAV file is lossless and uncompressed, the file size of WAV is large but it concludes more sound details and does not limit the codec. And when creating audios in WAV format, the quality will not be compressed. However, the size of audios in WAV file format could be large, which makes it not suitable to be saved in storage devices with limited space.

M4A is the file extension of MPEG-4 audio standard. “M4A” is used to separate audio-only MPEG-4 from MPEG-4 video. Currently, M4A files can be played in the software supporting MPEG-4 audios. The M4A file size is not large and the audio quality is not bad.

Compared with WAV, M4A provides the lossless audios but saves the storage space. As for audio quality, they could provide almost equal quality. On the other hand, WAV has a poorer compatibility in portable devices than M4A. Users could get a better compatibility after converting WAV to M4A.

Part 2: How to Transfer Audios from WAV to M4A

1. Renee Audio Tools

Software is a popular choice when users want to process audio format transfer. Renee Audio Tools is the powerful audio editing software. It supports to quickly convert multiple formats. Besides, Renee Audio Tools has many functions LIKE cutting and combining which can fulfill your needs in audio editing.

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CutterArbitrarily cut and clip audios in MP3, ACC, FLAC and APE formats. Many effects, such as fade in/out, speed adjustment, music mixing and volume adjustment, are available.

ConverterConvert music files between all audio formats, including MP3, M4A, ACC, OGG, AAC, FLAC and the others. It can also convert the video format into MP3.

RecorderRecord computer sounds from streaming media and microphone at the same time and output into multiple audio formats.

JoinerMerge music files into one regardless the original file formats. The output format and quality can be set, too.

CD BurnerBurn multiple music files into CD, DVD and also make APE or BIN image file.

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CutterArbitrarily cut and clip audios in diffrent formats. Many effects, such as fade in/out, speed adjustment, music mixing, are available.

ConverterConvert music files between all audio formats, including MP3, M4A, ACC, OGG, AAC, FLAC and the others. It can also convert the video format into MP3.

RecorderRecord computer sounds from streaming media and microphone at the same time and output into multiple audio formats.

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1. Download and install Renee Audio Tools. Then, open and click [Converter].

2. Click [Add Files] to select M4A as the output format and then select the output folder.

3. Click [Start] to convert WAV to M4A.

Cut the song start to transfer wav to m4a

Merits: Whole process of transferring WAV to M4A with Renee Audio Tools is easy and convenienc.e Besides, users can use audio edit tools like cutting, combining in the software to further edit the audio. Suitable to both greenhands and professional.

2. Online Converter

Besides converting audio format with software, online tool is another popular option. Audio Converter is a free site to help users convert the audio format.

Go to https://online-audio-converter.com. Click [Open files] and select the output format as M4A. Then click [Convert]. After conversion finish, download the converted audios.

Demerits: The upload speed is slows and ads pop up oftenly. Besides, uploading the audio files to server could be leaked. So, it is not recommended to make the audio format conversion with online tools.

Attachment: Use M4A as Ringtones in iPhone

As we have mentioned before, M4A is the common audio format available in iPhone. Most iPhone users will convert the audios to M4A and make it to be the ringtones. However, they get failed when setting the ringtones. To solve this problem, users need to change the file extension of this M4A file to be .m4r. Then ringtones settings could go smoothly.