Suppose you wanted to save your master audio recording in an uncompressed format. Which of the following audio file formats should you use?

PCM AIFF stores audio as uncompressed pulse-code modulation, preserving the recorded audio without lossy compression. MP3, WMA, and Ogg Vorbis are typically lossy compressed formats, so PCM AIFF is the best choice for a master recording.

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