The Waveform Audio file format is a creation of Microsoft Corporation. The WAV format is the first standard audio file with high-quality sound. It contains sounds, sound effects, voice recordings, and music tracks. The Waveform Audio file format is currently considered outdated. The main reason for its obsoletion is the fact that files of this type are characterized by a large size. The greatest advantage of WAV is sound compression without any losses. In this format, samples range from 8 to 16 bits. Waveform Audio files are used as system sounds in the Windows operating system.

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SLN as a raw WAV format

This format was developed by Microsoft Visual Studio. SLN files contain information about the composition and status of a project. SLN is a file with text content. The full name of the format is “solution”. Files of the SLN format can be opened with the help of certain Microsoft programs. The SLN format is largely similar to VBG files.