CTRL + A to Select All then CTRL + F6 into Selection Toolbar, TAB into End or Length to hear if the project is the expected length. Every time you do an edit it doubles the disk space used: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Audacity_Projects#Disk_space_usage . Gale | From "Dang Manh Cuong" <dangmanhcuong@xxxxxxxxx> | Sun, 9 Sep 2012 22:25:52 +0700 | Subject: [audacity4blind] my project file too large > Hi listers > I used d speech to generate two wave files, and import an mp3 file to make > backround music. after adding silence, shift time using time shifter etc, my > project have about 2 minute of lenght. but when I save it, the size it over > 1gb. I don't know why, and how to reduce its size. I think I have something > wrong. So let me give some details about my project > 1. load the backround sound > 2. Load the first narration sound and align it > 3. apply reverb to narration sound > 4. Duck the backround sound > 5. delete the remaining audio after finishing the narration voice > 6. Load the second narration sound and align all existed track to the end of > it. > 7. apply reverb. > This makes my project over 1gb, and take alot time to export at wave or mp3 > file. So anyone who know why and how to fix, please help me. The audacity4blind web site is at //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, Audacity keyboard commands, and more... To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject line unsubscribe