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tip: compressing uploads

Archive · 2005 1 old post

From the original SynthMaker forum (2004–2014), with its members’ names and dates.

infuzion ·

Up untill the sample loader was added, almost all modules were small & would be a waste to compress. Now with .osms including huge wavefiles, slow internet people like me 😉 would appreciate any .osms over 40k or so to be compressed. Suggestions:

• Zip: though it intergrates well with WinXP, it is among the worst of compressors. • Rar: amoung the smallest archives (Beno's drum machine went from a 1,678Kb .Zip to a 1,341Kb .Rar), good GUI. It's not free, though you'll only get nags if you don't pay & still can use it. • 7zip: newer, smaller archives, a bit slower than Rar IMHO. (Beno's SDP was crunched almost 160k smaller, at 1,182Kb .7z) Free, though I'm not a fan of it's GUI. • BZIP2: Another good compression ratio that's free. Popular with Linux folks. I personally paid for WinRAR years ago, & am very happy with it. 7zip is a contender if you use the command line/scripts.

An included .txt/.htm file describing what it does, version, & contact info would be great for those like me who horde files but have short-term memories.

TIA for the folks taking the extra time!

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