Sound File Sizes

Format Sample Rate Bits/sample Channels Filesize
CD Quality stereo .wav 44 KHz 16 2 176 Kbytes/second
22 Khz 16 bit stereo .wav 22 KHz 16 2 88 Kbytes/second
22Khz 16 bits mono .wav 22 KHz 16 1 44 Kbytes/second
8 bits Mono 22 KHz 8 1 22 Kbytes/second
MPEG (1 or 2) layer 2 (approx) 48 KHz compressed 1 12 Kbytes/second
MPEG (1 or 2) layer 2 (approx) 32 KHz compressed 1 12 Kbytes/second

"Lower your expectations, you'll be much happier"