How do you make wav files smaller?

[Raven]

Does anyone know how to make wav files smaller in Sound Forge? I tried re-sampling but that only made it sound really slow. I tried converting it to 8bit but it sound scratchy. Any advice?

-Raven

[Szech]

Some MP3 encoders have the option of encoding a WAV file with MP3 compression, while keeping the WAV extension. If it plays back correctly, I think that is your best bet.

[cyphen]

wav's are an uncompressed format for audio, just like a bmp for an image. 2 wav files of the same length, bit depth and sampling frequency have the exact same size regardless of content. if you must remain wav, the only true alternatives are to modify the attributes i just mentioned. if it's 44.1 khz, try making it 33, or 24. if it's 16 bit, try making it 8. of course these solutions will cost you quality.

[Beemers]

If the wav files you are shrinking are sound event sounds like events on Windows or ICQ you will find the answer here for recording format changes and saves.
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I have shrunk all my C:\Windows\Media files down to nothing by opening them up in Sndrec32.exe, File, Properties, Recording Formats, Convert Now, and setting the Attributes and giving the configured attribute a name of "Small File Size". Like this:


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If it is for songs, get a burner and store them on CD-R's.
If you have a small hard drive, Get off of Napster now while you still have some drive left.

Cheers!



[This message has been edited by Beemers (edited 10-15-2000).]