Audio Compression

So, some of the tracks aren't hidden, such as the coalition space theme. I noticed however, that it is EXTREMELY small in size for a wav file, yet it sounds great and has a good bitrate. It's only 1.41MB, but when I import it and export it again in Audacity, it jumps to 15MB in size.

How did you accomplish this MASSIVE compression without losing audio? I want to know for future uses to keep my .wav files small but great sounding.

I have both of those, I just need to know how to compress it to such a small size. WITHOUT butchering the audio.

I learned that after doing some research. I also found this post on The Starport that had this to say:

"Freelancer stores the music in a 22kHz MP3 format. Note that the extension is .wav - however, the music is not in "wav format". To be correct, there is no such thing as a wav format. Wav is merely a container. Generally, what you would call a "wav format" is actually called PCM. The music files of Freelancer are MP3 files, in a wav container, using a 22kHz sampling rate, and the Fraunhofer codec. Yes, you will notice, that if you use some other mp3 codec (like LAME, which is the default of, for example, Audacity), FL will not play the music correctly. Also, I've been fiddling around with different versions of the Fraunhofer codec, and they don't seem to work correctly, either."

I was trying to do some research, but I cannot find ANY way to convert any file to the format that Freelancer uses. This is becoming pretty annoying, as I'm trying to make a music pack for a different mod... but I can't convert anything properly. Can you tell me what you did to compress these to a suitable format?

Windows 10 does not have Windows Sound Recorder...but I think I fixed the issue anyway using VLC media player (thanks to SilverFox)

Edit: Nope. Cannot find the appropriate codec that Freelancer appearantly uses.

I fixed it...somewhat. I encountered a slight problem however.

Freelancer makes the song loop back early for some reason.

Alright, I've been spending the entire day and the only way that works is to use Windows Sound Recorder, which I DON'T HAVE.

SWAT, you clearly know how this works, can you PLEASE tell me how you can get files in a FL compatible format without Windows Sound Recorder?

Mmm, I don't have sound recorder and couldn't find any other software that converts it properly, but I will try to use one of those online sites you're talking about.

Thanks alot mate! Will be helpful if I want to make my own mod someday.