Yo Zurg of the Klingon Empire:
When the DAW Yam 2816 first came out, it was equipped with some better stuff than the 4416. Then Yamaha started to pack the 4416 with what was already in the 2816.
I can't quite answer your technical question about wave files, but you can get that information from Yamaha on their site. As well, there are a couple of sites out there with boards like this one. Try punching in Yamaha 4416 or Yamaha 2816 and see what comes up.
I have been studying by box for a month; I found out that I'd better have a UPS as the 2816, probably the 4416, can get their hard drive whacked by a power outage. It doesn't happen often, but my neighborhood loses power several times a year. So, to protect my 2816, I have the UPS coming in Monday from Full Compass.
I could stand to lose the recorded tracks, but to whack out the hard drive would not make me happy.
Be sure, if you get either unit, that you read the shut down procedure. For the 2816, it's on page 12. I read that and wrote down the couple of steps and that direction rests right beside my unit.
Finally, the sound is superb. The manual for either unit, and their touted video, are vacuums. The chick in my video starts to speak at about 440 words per minute after the first three minutes of the video -- but it does help to see the video. You can get a video free when you register your unit with Yamaha on the net.
Enjoy your unit because, for the money, it's dynamite.
Green Hornet
