MP3 FILE

[zzstevo]

HI
I downloaded an audio file from the net 6 meg

I sent it to audacity and chopped off about 10 mins

I saved the file to mp3 and now find the file is 41 meg !

wot happened ???

[fink]

My guess is that it was re-encoded at a much higher bitrate. Have a look at the default settings next time and set the bitrate to not change when you do an edit and save the resulting file.

[zzstevo]

thanks you re probably right
the bit rate was way up ..... 130 plus
I hammered it down to 16 and ended up
with a file 5 .7 megs but the audio (speech )
still seems OK !

[fink]

For limited frequency bandwidth material like voice only, the bitrate can be pretty low and still be quite useable.