Probably your best option would be to export from Audacity as 64 kbps CBR MP3, upload the file to a file sharing site such as "dropbox", and email a link to the on-line file to those that need access to the file. There are also less well known codecs such as Speex and Opus that can produce telephone quality mono audio files as small as 60 kB per minute, but Windows / Mac users are unlikely to be able to play them without installing additional codecs or using a better media player than these operating systems have by default. Telephone quality MP3 files are about 0.25 MB (250 kB) per minute. Simply, tap on ‘Delete’ from the pop-up menu. Double-click the drive and folder where the WAV file that you want to. Right click the original song to trash it. Click Start and Computer to see all storage devices connected to your computer. iTunes program will create a copy of the song in a reduced bitrate and file size. As I touched on in the overview, lossy compression. Tap on the File menu and opt for Convert followed by Create MP3 Version. Compression, in this context, is the process of reducing the size of an audio file.
#HOW TO COMPRESS SOUND FILE SIZE MP4#
Telephone quality (11 kHz sample rate 8-bit) WAV files are about 0.6 MB (600 kB) per minute/ĬD quality stereo MP3 files are about 1.5 MB per minute.ĬD quality mono MP4 files are about 0.6 MB (600 kB) per minute. Step 6: Select the desired song from iTunes and reduce MP3 file size. The Zamzar compression tool allows users to compress WAV files and reduce their size without there being any noticeable impact on the quality of the file. Mono CD quality WAV files are about 5 MB per minute. Given their size, WAV files either get converted first to a more efficient format or are compressed before a user sends or stores them. CD quality stereo WAV files are about 10 MB per minute.