HELP!!..Trying to post 60 second clip!!

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Bob Carlucci
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HELP!!..Trying to post 60 second clip!!

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I'm about to slit my wrists.. I recorded a 60 second recording through the computer mic to display some changes that are not very common.. I tried to upload to a free host site but I couldn't.. The size of the 60 second clip was 6.68 MB.. how could THAT be??.. I posted a 5 minute song with NO problem.. Is the entire Winamp file part of this thing???.. what am I doing wrong??.. I NEVER have an easy time posting ANY music files... help! bob<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Bob Carlucci on 17 September 2005 at 11:09 AM.]</p></FONT>
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Post by Steinar Gregertsen »

Looke like it was recorded at 16bit/44.1Khz, that would explain the big size (1 minute is roughly 10Mb). You need to convert it to mp3 at 128kbps, that would reduce it to approx 1/10th of the size.

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How do I do that??
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Post by Steinar Gregertsen »

You should be able to do it with WinAmp. If you don't work it out you can email the file to me and I'll do it for you. My email address is steinar@gregertsen.com

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Post by Bob Carlucci »

Steinar,, I can't seem to convert it to mp3 with the free version of Winamp.. I think I need Winamp Pro, which I'm too cheap to pay for.

I can't even email it to you because I have a limit of 5 MB on attachments,and this is almost 7 MB... I think I'm gonna go drink some Benzene... anyone have an idea how I might do this?? bob
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http://www.wma-to-mp3.net
30 free conversions of various formats to mp3.
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I use MusicMatch Jukebox to convert wav's to mp3's, it's free and you can get it here.

You can also convert wavs to windows media with the windows media encoder, free from Microsoft here<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 17 September 2005 at 12:24 PM.]</p></FONT>
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Post by Bob Carlucci »

thanks guys.. Richard I did download that convertor and it worked thanks..[only took 2 hours for me to figure it out!]I posted the "squashed" clip in the pedal steel section... came out great.. thanks all!! bob
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Do a search, get audacity, it's free. JP
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Bob, I sent you a really good,small file size,mp3 converter. Your email trapped it in your spam filter. If you want it, you can checked your account and deliver it to your in-box.

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