# WAV Export Options

From Audacity Development Manual
WAV is an uncompressed and lossless audio format PCM audio. The format is in Microsoft's Little-Endian byte order.

| WAV files are limited to a maximum size of 4GB - see this page for details of how that relates to maximum times.

What you hear by previewing with playback prior to export is what you will get in the Exported audio file.

- When using Export Audacity will only export tracks that are not grayed-out by use of the Mute or Solo buttons in the tracks' Track Control Panels.
- Also note that any hidden parts of audio clips are not exported, see Audio Tracks and Clips.

  Accessed by: File > Export Audio then choosing WAV from the Format dropdown menu.

## Audio options

### Channels

Sets the number of channels for the exported audio file. There are three options

- Mono: single channel
- Stereo: stereo pair with left and right channels
- Custom mapping: use this to export multi-channel (surround sound) files or to make customized assignments between Audacity tracks and the channels in the exported file.
  - Selecting this and clicking on the Configure button causes the Advanced Mixing Options dialog to appear. For details please see Advanced Mixing Options.

### Sample Rate

Sets the sample rate for the exported file. Default setting is 44100 Hz, which is CD quality.

### Encoding

Selects the encoding to be used for the WAV file. Default is Signed 16-bit PCM, which is CD quality