AIFF — 1 kHz Sine Tone
A pure 1 kHz sine tone stored as AIFF — Apple's big-endian 16-bit PCM container, 3 seconds, 44.1 kHz mono. A clean reference for testing AIFF decoders and WAV↔AIFF conversion.
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Specifications
- Sample Rate
- 44100 Hz
- Bit Depth
- 16
- Channels
- 1
- Frequency
- 1000 Hz
- Duration Sec
- 3
- Byte Order
- big-endian
- Codec
- PCM (uncompressed)
What is a .aiff file?
AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) is an Apple-originated container storing uncompressed big-endian linear PCM audio. It is functionally analogous to WAV but uses a different chunk layout and byte order, offering lossless high-fidelity sound. It is common in professional audio on macOS.
How to use this file
Use an example AIFF to test big-endian PCM parsing, cross-platform audio import, and converters that translate between AIFF and WAV or compressed formats.
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