Exporting..why is file so big??

[elenore19]

So the band I'm in just got done recording our new demo. We recorded it in my backyard home studio. I export all my songs as stereo interleaved at 16bit 44khz or whatever the gauge is. But yeah, the suggested for putting on a cd, as people have told me. So the shortest of our 3 songs, which was about 2 minutes long, was 20 mb. These files are saved as .wav then the longest song we extracted which was 7 1/2 minutes long was 76 mb. Now I want to put all these on one cd.

So why are the files so f'ing big?

and how do I change it to make it smaller?

 

[Ford Van]

16 bit 44.1khz sample rate audio is 5mb per minute per channel. Thus, a stereo .wav file will be 10mb per minute.

You can get about 74 minutes of audio on a CD.

You can make it smaller, but you can't make an audio CD with anything other than 16 bit 44.1khz sample rate audio. That is the "red book" CD standard!

 

[XLR]

Yep. Audio at reasonable resoution makes for large files. Deal with it. Or settle for lower sound quality.

And give thanks that you don't work in video.

 

[bennychico11]

because that's the standard. About 5MB per minute, per channel. A CD holds about 80 minutes worth of audio.

To get it smaller, you'll have to record a faster song.

 

[bennychico11]

And give thanks that you don't work in video.

dude, I do every single day. And not just with file sizes. There are so many problems in the video world when trying to make things compatible with other devices or when working with conversions.

At least audio hasn't changed THAT much in the past 20 years. And the formats have remained pretty much the same standard.

 

[elenore19]

16 bit 44.1khz sample rate audio is 5mb per minute per channel. Thus, a stereo .wav file will be 10mb per minute.

You can get about 74 minutes of audio on a CD.

You can make it smaller, but you can't make an audio CD with anything other than 16 bit 44.1khz sample rate audio. That is the "red book" CD standard!

So you're saying that I will be able to fit all three of these songs onto a cd because it's less than 74 minutes long? even though it's like a total of 130 mb?

-Elliot

 

[NL5]

So you're saying that I will be able to fit all three of these songs onto a cd because it's less than 74 minutes long? even though it's like a total of 130 mb?

-Elliot

a newer cd holds 800 mb - or 80 minutes of stereo 16bit/44.1khz music. older cd standards were 740 and 74 minutes as Ford Van said. Either way, 130mb will fit just fine......

 

[Farview]

So you're saying that I will be able to fit all three of these songs onto a cd because it's less than 74 minutes long? even though it's like a total of 130 mb?

-Elliot

A CD will hold either 740 meg or 800 meg depending on the CD. You will be fine.

 

[Steve Henningsgard]

16 bit 44.1khz sample rate audio is 5mb per minute per channel. Thus, a stereo .wav file will be 10mb per minute.

You can get about 74 minutes of audio on a CD.

You can make it smaller, but you can't make an audio CD with anything other than 16 bit 44.1khz sample rate audio. That is the "red book" CD standard!

because that's the standard. About 5MB per minute, per channel. A CD holds about 80 minutes worth of audio...

a newer cd holds 800 mb - or 80 minutes of stereo 16bit/44.1khz music. older cd standards were 740 and 74 minutes as Ford Van said. Either way, 130mb will fit just fine......

A CD will hold either 740 meg or 800 meg depending on the CD. You will be fine.

Does anybody read each other's posts?!

 

[bennychico11]

Does anybody read each other's posts?!

I believe we all were responding to the same posts at the same time.
At least that's my excuse

 

[Steve Henningsgard]

I believe we all were responding to the same posts at the same time.
At least that's my excuse

There's a time marker at the upper-left of every post

 

[RAMI]

Who gives a crap. What, now we have thread police??? The same question was aked about as many times as it was answered. Get over it.

 

[NL5]

Does anybody read each other's posts?!

Did you read the posts?

After FV answered, he STILL asked if his 130mb would fit on a CD (notice the quote in my response). So, excuse the fuck out of me for answering his second question.

 

[Steve Henningsgard]

Jesus bloody christ can't anybody take a joke in here?!

 

[NL5]

Jesus bloody christ can't anybody take a joke in here?!

Hey! I put a smiley at the end of my post. I'm just screwin' with you a bit.

 

[Steve Henningsgard]

Haha fair enough

 

[VomitHatSteve]

Ah the smiley. International net symbol for "everything that you just read that pissed you off was a joke. If you're still mad, it's your problem." You gotta love it.

Now if only there was an accepted symbol for "I am invoking Goodwin's corallary (sp?)"

 

[RAK]

If it helps, here's the math.

File Size:
Bit Depth X Sample Rate X Channels X Time = File Size

Sample Rate:
Bit Depth X Sample Rate X Channels = Sample Rate.

So 16 Bits X 44100 Hz X 2 X 60 s = 84,672,000 Bits
84,672,000 Bits/8 Bits/Byte = 10,584,000 Bytes
10,584,000 Bytes/1024 Bytes/KB = 10,335 KB
10,335 KB/1024 KB/MB = 10 MB.

So that's why there's roughly 10 MB in a minute of stereo audio.

Sample Rate:
16 Bits X 44,100 Hz X 2 = 1,411,200 Bits
1,411,200 bps/1000 Bits/Kb = 1,411 Kbps
1,411 Kbps/1000 Kb/Mb = 1.41 Mbps

 

[Ford Van]

If it helps, here's the math.

File Size:
Bit Depth X Sample Rate X Channels X Time = File Size

Sample Rate:
Bit Depth X Sample Rate X Channels = Sample Rate.

So 16 Bits X 44100 Hz X 2 X 60 s = 84,672,000 Bits
84,672,000 Bits/8 Bits/Byte = 10,584,000 Bytes
10,584,000 Bytes/1024 Bytes/KB = 10,335 KB
10,335 KB/1024 KB/MB = 10 MB.

So that's why there's roughly 10 MB in a minute of stereo audio.

Sample Rate:
16 Bits X 44,100 Hz X 2 = 1,411,200 Bits
1,411,200 bps/1000 Bits/Kb = 1,411 Kbps
1,411 Kbps/1000 Kb/Mb = 1.41 Mbps

SERIOUS proof that you have never been layed in your life!

 

[apl]

So why are the files so f'ing big?

and how do I change it to make it smaller?

Ah, the MP3 generation....