Compressing Wav Files

[Shadow]

:headbang: RE: Compression ratio of wav's. I need to get my wav's down to around 500 KB's to upload them to Geocities. So far my ratio averages about 1000 KB's and higher. What setting do I need to use? Thanx,

[daren]

Hi Shadow,

It's very difficult to advise you with so little information.

Perhaps you could specify how long the original material
is and what coding you are using to get files of 1000kb?

Regards,
Daren.

[Shadow]

Compressing Wav's

:headbang: Hi,

I took an original full length CDA song and turned it into a wav.
The wav is 11,801 KB

Using frequency 11025, 8 bit, 2 channel db compression:
My result is 5,901 KB (1.9 to 1)

The sound result is excellent. The KB's are way too much to upload.
I need to compress these wav's to 500 KB or less.

I have many programs that turn CDA's to MP3's and Wav's and they all work great. I use Easy CD Creator 5.3 to create either a CDA, MP3 or Wav, then I use db to compress them.
This is the first time I have tried to compress wav's to upload to a web site, I usually use midi's. I know it's possible to get a greater compression from talking to other site owners who have full length original wav's on their site.

Thanx,

[daren]

Hi Shadow,

You will get superior quality by converting to mp3 (~96-128kbps)
or Windows Media (~64-96kbps), instead of sampling-down
to a really "grainy" WAV (although you seemed happy with the
sound quality...).

Using MP3 or WMA you should get the file size you're after and
retain a high bit-depth (16bits) and sample-rate (>32kHz).

I would never put linear WAV's on a website when you can
obtain reasonable quality using one of the afore mentioned
formats and a file size reduction of more than 10:1.

Hope this helps,
Daren.

[Shadow]

Converting music

Thanx Daren !
I'll try that ...

Your a doll

:kiss: