need smaller compression

[Hemi426go]

I am trying to compress a wav file to around 350 to 700 kbs. I could do this with my older version . But cannot get it that low with this version. Am I missing something/ I have set the bitrate, and mhz as low as possible, but am still coming up with a 2.5 to 3.5 megs finished wav.
This is so I can play compressed waves in a music chat room. I cannot play anything larger that this.
Any suggestions?
If this is not possible, how can I get an older version of dbpoweramp?
Thanks.
Hemi

[LtData]

Try lowering the channels to mono, mabye?

[Hemi426go]

I have my settings at 8000 mgz and 8 bit....mono....I know the quality will be lousy there, but that is lowest setting possible. Wanted to see if that would give me a smalle enough file...still comes out at 2.5 megs

[ChristinaS]

The frequency is irrelevant when it comes to size, only audio quality in respect to the bitrate itself. Lower bitrates (like 32kbps and lower) seem to sound better with a lower frequency.

If I understand correctly you want to produce a compressed wav file because wav is what's needed in your application, rather than mp3 or wma.

What settings did you use in dMC ?

I select wav > compressed > Change format > mpeg layer 3 > 16 kBit/s 8000 Hertz Mono 1 kb/sec

This results in a lo-fi wav file which occupies about 117K per minute of audio. So a typical 3 minute song would be about 350K.

[Hemi426go]

Thank you Christina...that solved my problem. :thumbup: :smile2: