Monday, October 13, 2008

What is a Wave file?

A wave file is a file with un-compressed music information in it.  It's a very big file and you can't email them unless it's a very short piece of a song.  Most people use some kind of compression to email music.  The most popular one seems to be an mp3 file.  

To send a wave file you need to sign up for a free account at yousendit.com.  Get the "Lite" package.  you can also recieve the files with yousendit.com.  Another option is to buy an ftp (file transfer protocol) site.  It's basically a huge warehouse of storage space you can upload a big file to... and download a big file from.

I use an ftp site for the most part so to download your wave file I've just sent you, click on the link I included in the email I sent you, then if you have a mac, control-click on the file name and download.  If you a  pc, rith-click and choose "save target file as..."  If I send you your wave file using yousendit.com, you'll get an email with a link... click on it... then just click on "download"

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