How do you make music take up less space?

[d_man3981]

I like using music in my map. (Real music like song made by bands) They take up alot of space and i wanna know how to make them take up less space. I still want them to be full songs and not shorten to wat i only need because i need the whole song.

 

[brad.dude03]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31249

 

[Herio-san]

You can also speed up the file to shorten it. Import it and then slow it down in the editor. It will distort the sounds sometimes though.

 

[brad.dude03]

It also seriously messes with the sound quality, so it's not recommended.

 

[Gausslander]

brad.dude03, look at Song Lyrics Contest #1

 

[Matrix]

use audio programm and optimize it to 16-32 kb/sec

 

[brad.dude03]

You don't want to do that. Putting the bitrate that low will make the quality almost unbearable, and it will certainly warp the sound file beyond anything. The lowest I recommend going is to 64 kb/sec that way you can still cut the bitrate in half (at least), cut the filesize down a whole ton, and still maintain bearable audio quality.

 

[Pyritie]

...unless it's loud music. If it's quiet music you could turn it down low, but if it's loud then don't turn the quality down as less.

 

[Elenai]

A program like Audacity might help.

 

[Pyritie]

Never heard of it.

 

[brad.dude03]

I've been using Audactiy for a little while now. I've been meaning to integrate it into the tutorial, but I haven't found time. Really, it works the same way as he ImToo encoder though.

 

[Elenai]

Pyrite: Its an excellent !FREE! music and sound editing program with lots of plugins.

 

[brad.dude03]

Yes, basically, it's a free version of the ImToo encoder, which is why I'd like to include it in the tutorial, because the ImToo software is better, yes, but it's just a trial. If you can get away with freeware (and a decent piece of freeware at that) then all the better.

 

[robot-dude]

i used DietMP3 to compress my files.