10 KB WAV sample
A WAV file of exactly 10,240 bytes. It is a valid Waveform Audio File Format file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 10 KB sample, test or dummy WAV file.
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sample-wav-10kb.wav
10 KB10,240 bytes
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- Type
- audio/wav
- SHA-256
be0abdb5fdbe48fd1987f707ef9a90957eda59c59dcb9fe2fa4c781fa86b0b49- Delivery
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What is in this file
0.1 s of a synthesised eight-second musical phrase that repeats, as uncompressed 16-bit stereo PCM behind a 44-byte RIFF header. No padding is needed: the sample count sets the size.
| Duration | 0.1 s |
|---|---|
| Sample rate | 44,100 Hz |
| Channels | 2 (stereo) |
| Bit depth | 16-bit PCM |
| Bit rate | 1,411 kbit/s |
First bytes of the file
The first 64 bytes of sample-wav-10kb.wav as a hex dump: offset, bytes, then the same bytes as text. The WAV signature is 52 49 46 46 ?? ?? ?? ?? 57 41 56 45.
00000000 52 49 46 46 f8 27 00 00 57 41 56 45 66 6d 74 20 |RIFF.'..WAVEfmt |
00000010 10 00 00 00 01 00 02 00 44 ac 00 00 10 b1 02 00 |........D.......|
00000020 04 00 10 00 64 61 74 61 d4 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 |....data.'......|
00000030 02 00 02 00 0a 00 09 00 15 00 13 00 2a 00 27 00 |............*.'.|Preview
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Where 10 KB matters
A 10,240-byte file that still arrives in the first round trip of a new connection. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:
| System | Limit | Note |
|---|---|---|
| TCP initial congestion window | About 14.6 KB (10 segments) | A 10 KB response fits in the first flight of packets; the 25 KB sample does not. |
| nginx and Apache request headers | 8 KB per header line by default | Data this large must go in the request body. |
| webpack asset modules | 8 KB by default | Assets over the threshold are emitted as files instead of data URIs. |
Use this file for
- Checking email size handling
- Testing speech-to-text input handling
- Testing large audio uploads
Testing notes for WAV
- Not every WAV file has a 44-byte header; extra chunks may appear before the audio data, so parsers must walk the chunk list.
- Three MIME types are in common use: audio/wav, audio/x-wav and audio/vnd.wave. Allow-lists should accept all of them.
Technical details
| File name | sample-wav-10kb.wav |
|---|---|
| Format | WAV (Waveform Audio File Format) |
| Extension | .wav |
| MIME type | audio/wav |
| Size | 10,240 bytes (10 KB) |
| Kind | Binary |
| Signature | 52 49 46 46 ?? ?? ?? ?? 57 41 56 45 |
| SHA-256 | be0abdb5fdbe48fd1987f707ef9a90957eda59c59dcb9fe2fa4c781fa86b0b49 |
| Created | 2026-10-23 |
| Validation | See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility. |
| Preview | Available on this page |
| Source | Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere |
| Licence | Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms) |
| Category | Audio |
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Questions about this file
- Is this file exactly 10 KB?
- Yes. It is 10,240 bytes, which is 10 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
- What is inside the 10 KB WAV file?
- 0.1 s of a synthesised eight-second musical phrase that repeats, as uncompressed 16-bit stereo PCM behind a 44-byte RIFF header. No padding is needed: the sample count sets the size.
- What format are the WAV samples?
- 16-bit stereo PCM at 44,100 Hz with the canonical 44-byte header.