How to make smaller WAV files for music on hold phone systems
Quote from TunePocket Support on June 30, 2021, 10:27 pmIf you ever tried adding on hold music to your phone system, you know that most systems will only accept small files, typically under 4 Mb.
Depending on the format (WAV or MP3) and the bit rate of the audio file that puts hard limit on the length of the audio you can use. For a CD quality WAV file that will only give you about 20 sec. of audio. Not good!
The solution is to reduce the size of a regular WAV and MP3 audio file. In this post I will show you how to make an audio file smaller and how to convert it into the proper format before adding it to your phone system.
Here's out detailed step by step tutorial how to reduce a WAV file size and to make it compatible with virtually any phone system:
https://www.tunepocket.com/music-on-hold-smaller-file/
If you ever tried adding on hold music to your phone system, you know that most systems will only accept small files, typically under 4 Mb.
Depending on the format (WAV or MP3) and the bit rate of the audio file that puts hard limit on the length of the audio you can use. For a CD quality WAV file that will only give you about 20 sec. of audio. Not good!
The solution is to reduce the size of a regular WAV and MP3 audio file. In this post I will show you how to make an audio file smaller and how to convert it into the proper format before adding it to your phone system.
Here's out detailed step by step tutorial how to reduce a WAV file size and to make it compatible with virtually any phone system:
Quote from TunePocket Support on June 10, 2026, 1:55 pmThere is a new tool that can help you convert any music file into suitable telephony audio format in seconds:
https://www.tunepocket.com/on-hold-audio-converter/
Hope this helps!
There is a new tool that can help you convert any music file into suitable telephony audio format in seconds:
Hope this helps!
