+−⟲ The Canonical WAVE file format endian offset(bytes) field name size(bytes) ChunkID ChunkSize Format Subchunk1ID Subchunk1Size AudioFormat NumChannels SampleRate ByteRate BlockAlign BitsPerSample Subchunk2ID Subchunk2Size data big little big big little little little little little little little big little little 0 4 8 12 16 20 22 24 28 32 34 36 40 44 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 The "RIFF" chunk descriptor The Format of concern here is"WAVE", which requires twosub-chunks: "fmt " and "data" The "fmt " sub-chunk describes the format ofthe sound information The "data" sub-chunk Indicates the size of thesound information andcontains the raw sound data Subchunk2Size