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Date sent: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 14:58:25 -0000
Subject: RE: can u send wavs?
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> I think the size of a WAV file depends on the type of compression. For
> example, I'm listening to a one minute WAV file at the moment (music &
> words), the sound quality is quite good, and it is just over half a MB.

Yes Jennifer, you are absolutely right.

The approx 10Mb/minute I mentioned is for a WAV recorded at
44,100Hz ,16bit Stereo, 172Kb/s ( CD Quality )
WAVs in Win95 can be recorded at varying compression levels
down to 8,000Hz, 8bit Mono, 8Kb/s ( lower quality than a telephone )

So, depending on what range of frequencies exist in what you are
recording and depending on whether you want a stereo recording,
etc, you can record to a WAV file much smaller than 10Mb/minute. It
all depends on what kind of quality recording you are looking for at
the end of the day.

John