Convert to lossless audio

“Crate” (a music distribution app like DistroKid) needs to keep master-quality audio for delivery to streaming platforms. Lossy formats like MP3 won’t cut it.

API

Convert to FLAC (lossless, compressed):

ittybit audio \
  -i https://crate-app.com/masters/track-07.wav \
  --format flac \
  --cloud
const task = {
  input: "https://crate-app.com/masters/track-07.wav",
  kind: "audio",
  options: {
    format: "flac",
  },
};

const res = await fetch("https://api.ittybit.com/tasks", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ITTYBIT_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(task),
});
const data = await res.json();
import requests

task = {
    "input": "https://crate-app.com/masters/track-07.wav",
    "kind": "audio",
    "options": {
        "format": "flac",
    },
}

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.ittybit.com/tasks",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"},
    json=task,
)
data = res.json()
TASK='{
  "input": "https://crate-app.com/masters/track-07.wav",
  "kind": "audio",
  "options": {
    "format": "flac"
  }
}'

curl -X POST https://api.ittybit.com/tasks \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ITTYBIT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "$TASK"

CLI

ittybit audio \
  -i track-07.wav \
  -o track-07.flac

Lossless vs lossy

FormatTypeSize vs WAVUse case
wavLossless, uncompressed1xMaster archive
flacLossless, compressed~0.6xDistribution, archive
mp3Lossy~0.1xPlayback, streaming
aacLossy~0.08xPlayback, streaming
opusLossy~0.06xStreaming, voice

WAV to FLAC for archival

FLAC is ~40% smaller than WAV with zero quality loss. Good for cutting storage costs on masters:

ittybit audio \
  -i master.wav \
  -o master.flac

Produce both master and streaming versions

ittybit audio \
  -i track-07.wav \
  -o track-07.flac

ittybit audio \
  -i track-07.wav \
  -o track-07.mp3 \
  --quality high

ittybit audio \
  -i track-07.wav \
  -o track-07.aac \
  --quality high