12 May
2005
12 May
'05
3:29 p.m.
I have been studying WAV files from various sources, and find that it is
possible to alter the sampling rate of the recording (i.e, instead of CD-quality
at 44.1K, I've seen 22050, and even 16K). Mostly the sources I have seen in
this form have been spoken word -- radio programs, interviews, etc -- but the
results have been OK (obviously with expected loss in frequency range).
Combined with making the recording monaural, the WAV file size can be smaller.
/ken
Flash Love wrote:
I recorded a one hour audio session using windows
Sound Recorder for a friend
and much to my chagrin and my friend's dismay, the Audacity edited file is
over 400M!
This friend is now telling me that in the past when the same one hour
recording session was done the file size never exceeded 27M. I do not doubt
them, but I have no idea how to reduce/compress this wave file.
If someone knows how I can reduce this one hour wave formatted session to a
file size of 27M, please let me know.
Thanks
Flash