How to make sounds as small as possible?

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi William,

If you really want to use either wav or aiff, probably:
- 8 bit, mono, 8Khz, wav for smallest possible files
- 16 bit, mono, 22Khz, wav to make sounds of acceptable quality

I got best results, both in terms of size and quality, with the  
regular QuickTime format, while setting the sound format to MPEG 4 Low  
Delay AAC, mono, 22.050Khz.

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On 29 jan 2009, at 20:20, William de Smet wrote:

> Hi there,
> I use spoken words and sentences in one of my apps.
> There will be a lot of these so I am probably talking about a lot of  
> MB.
> I use Quicktime Pro on my Mac to record and edit them.
> When exporting them I get a lot of choices and I noticed the size  
> and sound
> difference on 16 bit, 8 bit, stereo, mono, aiff, wav
>
> What is the best way to do this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> William