APE to VOC Converter
Processing entirely on your device — large files may take a moment.
APE (Monkey's Audio) squeezes music harder than FLAC at the cost of slower decoding — the audiophile archiver of the 2000s, still everywhere on music forums. Convert VOC retro-game audio to WAV or MP3.
Because the whole conversion happens on your device, it is instant, unlimited and genuinely private — no accounts, no watermarks, no files on anyone's server. Multiple files are converted in one go.
How APE compares to VOC
| APE | VOC | |
|---|---|---|
| Structure | MAC header + APE frames | Creative Voice file blocks (0x08 header) |
| Types / schema | Lossless, 16-32-bit PCM | 8-bit PCM / ADPCM variants |
| Compatibility | ffmpeg,foobar2000, Monkey's Audio | ffmpeg, Sound Blaster era tools |
| Best for | Music forum album archives | Retro-game audio rescue |
How to convert APE to VOC
- 1
Select your files
Drag & drop your APE files onto the area above, or click to browse. You can add multiple files at once for batch conversion.
- 2
Convert instantly
Click "Convert to VOC". The conversion runs entirely inside your browser using WebAssembly — no upload, no queue, no waiting.
- 3
Download results
Download each converted VOC file individually, or grab everything at once as a ZIP archive.
About the APE format
Monkey's Audio (APE) is the compression-per-bit champion of lossless audio: typically 5-8% smaller than FLAC, paid for with CPU-heavy decode. An entire decade of music-forum album shares from the mid-2000s exists only as APE, often split into .cue-sheet + single-image files.
Conversion to FLAC keeps every sample and finally makes the album playable in car stereos and phones; the ffmpeg APE decoder handles the standard versions including the 4000-series compression.
+ Strengths
- ✓Best-in-class lossless ratios
- ✓Free and open (original was freeware)
- ✓Cue-sheet album pairs are common
! Limitations
- −Decode speed is 5-10x slower than FLAC
- −Almost no hardware support
- −Format stability criticized historically
About the VOC format
VOC is the Creative Sound Blaster format — if a DOS game made a sound between 1989 and 1994, it was probably a VOC: 8-bit samples at exotic sample rates, with loop points, silence blocks and hardware-specific appendices that made each card sing differently.
ffmpeg decodes the standard sample blocks and converts VOC to WAV or MP3 — the cheapest time machine for retro-game audio.
+ Strengths
- ✓The DOS gaming era's audio format
- ✓Unique features: loops, silence, transfer blocks
- ✓Simple to decode
! Limitations
- −8-bit/11kHz era fidelity
- −Creative hardware extensions lost on convert
- −Rarely produced after 1995
Why convert APE to VOC?
Converting makes sense where the strengths of VOC meet what APE cannot give you. The DOS gaming era's audio format Meanwhile Decode speed is 5-10x slower than FLAC One pass through the converter above puts your file on the right side of that trade-off.
Frequently asked questions
Is this APE to VOC converter really free?
Yes — completely free, with no sign-up, no watermark and no daily conversion limits. The site is supported by advertising.
Are my files uploaded to a server?
No. The conversion runs entirely inside your browser using WebAssembly, so your files never leave your device — that is what makes it instant and private.
Does it work on Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android?
Yes. Anything with a modern browser works: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. No software installation is required.
Is there a file size limit for APE to VOC?
The only limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded. Files up to a few hundred megabytes work fine on a modern desktop browser; very large files simply take a little longer.
Are tags like title and artist preserved?
Tag handling varies between target formats and this conversion focuses on the audio itself. For archival copies where tags matter, keep the original file; the converted copy is for playback and sharing.
Will converting APE to VOC reduce audio quality?
If VOC is lossless, the output contains everything the APE file contains — no further loss is added. If VOC is lossy, one recompression pass is unavoidable; the quality slider controls how much. Loss that already happened in the source file can never be undone by converting.