I Need Help with Recording: File Size

[JeremyT]

I am doing an acoustic project band with a friend. The only way we can communicate is online and we are doing excellent work but I am on dial up internet and somehow our 4 minute track is 28MB! Is there a way to cut down the file size when recording. I use Audacity and Acid Pro.

[ez-one]

I don't know what format you are recording in, but some formats compress smaller than others, example an if oyu compare the file size of a standard cd file and the same song as an MP3 the MP3 file will be much smaller, so you may be able to find a format that you can convert the file to so that its smaller for sending

[Blewbyou]

Here is Radar Brian's tutorial on installing the Lame plugin for Audacity to convert files to MP3 so you can export.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI9-JfgpIFg

[JeremyT]

I had no idea that converting to mp3 dramatically cuts the file size! That really helped! The file went from 28mb to 4.3mb! Thanks a lot for the help!

[Blewbyou]

Glad to be of service;)