project file size

[Esperado]

is it normal to have an exported wav file that is 50mb, for a 2:50 song? seems far bigger than it needs to be.

[Frederic Petitpas]

Yup. Check your sample rate. and bit depth. Recording at 44.1kHz/24-bit makes good sense, but then you (can) dither to 16 bit when exporting.

[Skrypnyk]

is it normal to have an exported wav file that is 50mb, for a 2:50 song?

yup.

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[Kanthos]

is it normal to have an exported wav file that is 50mb, for a 2:50 song? seems far bigger than it needs to be.

WAVs are uncompressed files, so yes, it will be much bigger than a corresponding MP3.

[Rozovian]

A wav will typically be about ten times the size of a decent mp3 of same length, so yeah, it's bigger, and bigger still if it's 24 bit or a higher sample rate.

In your case, I'd guess you're dealing with a 24 bit wav, which is a little excessive. Bring it down to 16 bit and you should have a more manageable size, tho it'll still be around 10*mp3.

[timaeus222]

I've never reached 50 MB for a 2:50 song. I have a 3:05 song that's 31MB as a WAV and 5MB as a VBR1 MP3. Yeah, it's probably just the sample rate that's making it that large. Check the export settings.

[Esperado]

yea, it was at 44.1khz. I just ended up converting to mp3, since I don't really care about quality, with it just being a wip update. what is dithering ?

[ectogemia]

what is dithering ?

Touching children there.

[Moseph]

what is dithering ?

Adding tiny amounts of noise to mask the audio errors that occur when you convert something to a lower bit depth. There should be an option in your DAW that lets you set whether dithering occurs when you export to a wave file/mp3. It's probably turned on by default, and you should leave it on.

[Esperado]

Touching children there.

is that sort of like, taking a gunther?

thanks! i think its actually turned off in ableton, so ill turn it on!

[Frederic Petitpas]

I've never reached 50 MB for a 2:50 song. I have a 3:05 song that's 31MB as a WAV and 5MB as a VBR1 MP3. Yeah, it's probably just the sample rate that's making it that large. Check the export settings.

Did a test and got 514 MB for a 2minute51 tune saved as a 64bit float/192kHz wav.

[Garrett Williamson]

is it normal to have an exported wav file that is 50mb, for a 2:50 song? seems far bigger than it needs to be.

Yup. If that's a WAV file that is rather normal. WAV files are far higher quality than an MP3 or M4A so it just naturally takes up more space.

[timaeus222]

Did a test and got 514 MB for a 2minute51 tune saved as a 64bit float/192kHz wav.

lmao, but that's 64-bit float. I use 16-bit dither.