Waves are always 16 bits at 44,100 samples per second. That is an industry standard. Since wave are quite large as a result, MP3 is used to compress the larger files into something smaller.

I too, always export my individual files and song project files as waves and I reopen them in a third party WAVE EDITOR known as WavePad.

Free here: http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/index.html

In the editor, I trim both ends of the file, and use Normalize to raise the levels closer to but slightly under 0db.

I SAVE the wave in a folder and then using WavePad, I do a SAVE AS to the MP3 format as well for online posting and mp3 player listening. WavePad allows all sorts of conversion rates from very low to 320kbs.

Always opt for the highest possible conversion rates unless there is a valid reason to convert to a lesser number. Some of the free song hosting site do not allow any files larger than 8mb or 10mb depending on the host. So in that case, a longer song might exceed their maximum file size limits so to post one has to render to a lower resolution. Always render to mp3 using the maximum resolution possible.


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