midi to wav conversion

[dee]

After getting answers(thanks again) to a previous post about embedding, I
downloaded a program called "WinGroove". I converted a midi file to a wav.
Since it is a trial version, it will only let me record a 30 second wav. It
worked and is 30 seconds long but the wav file is 5 MB! All my other wav's
are in the kb zone size. Did I do something wrong, and is there a way to
get this size down?
thanks
dee

 

[Echo S]

There's a thing that will take an MP3 and put a WAV header on it. You get
the small size of the MP3 and the embeddability of the WAV.

I think if you go to http://www.pptfaq.com and type "sound across slides"
(without quotation marks) in the search box there, you'll see FAQ 047. It
should have info on this utility.

 

[Michael Koerner]

To save the searching, go here http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00155.htm

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


There's a thing that will take an MP3 and put a WAV header on it. You get
the small size of the MP3 and the embeddability of the WAV.

I think if you go to http://www.pptfaq.com and type "sound across slides"
(without quotation marks) in the search box there, you'll see FAQ 047. It
should have info on this utility.

 

[Sonia]

That won't help with a Midi file though. A midi is not really a sound
recording. It is a specially coded file in a "midi language" that can be
translated into signals that are sent to a sound card. That coding would need
to be translated. Translating a midi to a WAV file can sometimes be
satisfactory, but it will always result in a file that is huge relative to the
size of the midi.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

There's a thing that will take an MP3 and put a WAV header on it. You get
the small size of the MP3 and the embeddability of the WAV.

I think if you go to http://www.pptfaq.com and type "sound across slides"
(without quotation marks) in the search box there, you'll see FAQ 047. It
should have info on this utility.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

After getting answers(thanks again) to a previous post about embedding, I
downloaded a program called "WinGroove". I converted a midi file to a wav.
Since it is a trial version, it will only let me record a 30 second wav. It
worked and is 30 seconds long but the wav file is 5 MB! All my other wav's
are in the kb zone size. Did I do something wrong, and is there a way to
get this size down?
thanks
dee

 

[Echo S]

Thanks, Michael. I couldn't open IE at the time I was posting.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


There's a thing that will take an MP3 and put a WAV header on it. You get
the small size of the MP3 and the embeddability of the WAV.

I think if you go to http://www.pptfaq.com and type "sound across slides"
(without quotation marks) in the search box there, you'll see FAQ 047. It
should have info on this utility.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

After getting answers(thanks again) to a previous post about embedding, I
downloaded a program called "WinGroove". I converted a midi file to a wav.
Since it is a trial version, it will only let me record a 30 second wav. It
worked and is 30 seconds long but the wav file is 5 MB! All my other wav's
are in the kb zone size. Did I do something wrong, and is there a way to
get this size down?
thanks
dee

 

[Echo S]

Sure. I guess I just assumed that if we can convert a MIDI to a WAV, we can
probably convert a MIDI to an MP3. But I'll freely admit I've never tried to
do so.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

That won't help with a Midi file though. A midi is not really a sound
recording. It is a specially coded file in a "midi language" that can be
translated into signals that are sent to a sound card. That coding would need
to be translated. Translating a midi to a WAV file can sometimes be
satisfactory, but it will always result in a file that is huge relative to the
size of the midi.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

There's a thing that will take an MP3 and put a WAV header on it. You get
the small size of the MP3 and the embeddability of the WAV.

I think if you go to http://www.pptfaq.com and type "sound across slides"
(without quotation marks) in the search box there, you'll see FAQ 047. It
should have info on this utility.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

After getting answers(thanks again) to a previous post about embedding, I
downloaded a program called "WinGroove". I converted a midi file to a wav.
Since it is a trial version, it will only let me record a 30 second

wav.
It

worked and is 30 seconds long but the wav file is 5 MB! All my other wav's
are in the kb zone size. Did I do something wrong, and is there a way to
get this size down?
thanks
dee

 

[Michael Koerner]

Did a Google search Midi to MP3, and the number of hits is out of this world.
Looks like it is very doable.




Sure. I guess I just assumed that if we can convert a MIDI to a WAV, we can
probably convert a MIDI to an MP3. But I'll freely admit I've never tried to
do so.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

That won't help with a Midi file though. A midi is not really a sound
recording. It is a specially coded file in a "midi language" that can be
translated into signals that are sent to a sound card. That coding would need
to be translated. Translating a midi to a WAV file can sometimes be
satisfactory, but it will always result in a file that is huge relative to the
size of the midi.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

There's a thing that will take an MP3 and put a WAV header on it. You get
the small size of the MP3 and the embeddability of the WAV.

I think if you go to http://www.pptfaq.com and type "sound across slides"
(without quotation marks) in the search box there, you'll see FAQ 047. It
should have info on this utility.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

After getting answers(thanks again) to a previous post about embedding, I
downloaded a program called "WinGroove". I converted a midi file to a wav.
Since it is a trial version, it will only let me record a 30 second

wav.
It

worked and is 30 seconds long but the wav file is 5 MB! All my other wav's
are in the kb zone size. Did I do something wrong, and is there a way to
get this size down?
thanks
dee