How can I make my wav file smaller.

[hums]

I added wav files for sound effects and I just checked out how big my files were. My game is only about 10 screens and it's 78 megabytes! Without the sound I imported, I reckon it would be about 2 megabytes. Is there some program I could download and make the same sound file become a kilobyte? I don't need stereophonic rendition, it could be a tinny, crappy sound. Thanks to all you sound gurus. All I have is the lame Sound Recorder that came with windows 98. I think I have windows media player and real player too.
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[WarxePB]

For future reference, please don't attach images to your posts. You can get a permanent signature by signing up for an account at something like PhotoBucket, uploading your pic there, and putting it in your signature.

As for your question, if you're using any for actual songs, you could convert them to MP3 to save some space. But since that doesn't work for SFX, you could probably cut out the excess parts with Sound Recorder.

[Darkfox]

You can always use somthing like WavePad.

[Ruler of the Dark]

1. Double the speed with sound recorder. [Effects > Increase Speed (by 100%)]
2. When playing the sound in rm2k(3), play it at 50% Tempo

Result - the file is half the size, but sounds practically the same in the game.

[hums]

Thank you everyone and I won't attach pictures anymo.
No large annoying image of hungarian woman voting today.
Ok, You open the crappy Sound Recorder that came with your windows 98 and open the 42 megabyte sound file of someone shutting a door for .25 nanoseconds.
1. File
      Save as...
             (SAVE AS WINDOW comes up)
                     Select "CHANGE" box

                      (SOUND SELECTION WINDOW comes up)

                                (SAVE AS WINDOW comes up)
                                 Save as.. ( I chose "crappytinnysound")
                                 Press ok

(SOUND SELECTION WINDOW is back)
Format... Lernout and Hauspie CELP 4.8 kbsp/s
Attributes... 8,000 Hz 16 bit mono 1 KB/s
Save (you might want to add "version2" to your file name, otherwise it will overwrite the existing file.
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Now the file is about 20 kb. But it is a .wav
I'm not sure how to save to midi. I tried the increase speed thing and it worked.

[Yellowvanblake]

Originally posted by hums
Now the file is about 20 kb. But it is a .wav
I'm not sure how to save to midi. I tried the increase speed thing and it worked.

If you want to save the sound you recoreded as a .midi it just might not happen. midi's are polyphonic sound files. You can't create them with a mic like you can a .wav or a .mp3. You need a program like   Anvil.

[hums]

THanks, I've been wondering why I can't just save as MIDI. I'll download anvil somewhere. Q. My game seems to work with wav just fine, is it better to have midi files?