making wavs smaller

[benjah]

ok, i know that this is a dumb question but i have been searching my butt of trying to find out how i can make the file size of my wav smaller. its 18mb right now, which is a bit too big for a website. so yeah, i guess my question is how can i make my wav less kb than it is now?

[mdipi]

Different format. AAC or MP3 might be a bit smaller. But your dealing with a HUGE file size no matter what.

You could also cut the length :-/.

Im moving this to Computers and Games too.

[mlk]

mp3 will be at least 8 times smaller (which is not just a bit =) )... flash compresses to mp3 in the library options if you choose to.

You can also move from stereo to mono sound, which supposedly cuts the filesize by two

[λ]

If you want to keep the losslessness of it, try FLAC: http://flac.sourceforge.net/