Monkey's Audio is a lossless audio codec. Lossless means that if you encode uncompressed (PCM) data into Monkey's Audio format and then decode the resulting ape file, the decoded file will be exactly the same as the original PCM file.

Unlike traditional methods such as mp3, ogg, or lqt that permanently discard quality to save space, Monkey's Audio does not loose data during the encoding process, and encoded audio files are typically reduced to about half of their original size.

Support for Monkey's Audio (APE) format is built into Total Recorder. You do not need to download any additional software or libraries to work with APE format. You can display the version of the APE libraries being used on the "APE" dialog (menu Options -> Settings, Formats tab).

To learn more about Monkey's Audio (APE) format, please refer to the following link: www.monkeysaudio.com