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Audio Sample Size
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:13 pm
by wpender
I need for my audio sample size to be 8-bit but it looks like the lowest I can go with Audacity is 16 bit. IS there anything I can do to get to 8 bit?
Re: Audio Sample Size
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:28 am
by steve
Upgrade to Audacity 1.3
http://audacityteam.org/download/
"File menu > Export"
In the Export dialogue screen, select "Other uncompressed files" as the file format.
Click on the "Options" button and select "WAV" and "Unsigned 8 bit".
These settings will be remembered by Audacity until you change them.
Re: Audio Sample Size
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:49 am
by steve
If you are only concerned with the final file size, you will get better sound quality if you export in a compressed audio format such as MP3 or
Ogg Vorbis rather than as 8-bit WAV. Compressed audio formats will also produce smaller files than 8-bit WAV.
Re: Audio Sample Size
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:09 pm
by wpender
I upload these files to a telephone "hotline" service and need telephone quality. For some reason the 8 bit seems to work best on the phone.