Wave audio or ''variant'', may refer to:
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Sound, vibrations carried on acoustic waves
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Acoustic wave
Acoustic waves are a type of energy propagation through a medium by means of adiabatic loading and unloading. Important quantities for describing acoustic waves are acoustic pressure, particle velocity, particle displacement and acoustic intensit ...
, audio waves that carry sound
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.wav
Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE, or WAV due to its filename extension; pronounced "wave") is an audio file format standard, developed by IBM and Microsoft, for storing an audio bitstream on PCs. It is the main format used on Microsoft Win ...
, waveform audio file format
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FM synthesis, sound synthesis technique, by manipulating generated pure waves
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Wavetable synthesis, sound synthesis technique
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Sample-based synthesis, sound synthesis technique, with a table of waves (box of samples)
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Waves Audio, Israeli professional sound company
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