[casual_games] Any significant difference in file size of male vs female voice over

[Antonio Santamaria]

Not sure if this helps, but I have a project that contains the following:
- 2 male voices, 2 female voices
- 126 audio files per person, all the same lines
- most between 2 to 3 seconds each. 

As 22Khz, 16-bit mono wav's:
Male 1: 14.5 Megs
Male 2: 10.3 Megs
Female 1: 13.3 Megs
Female 2: 14.7 Megs

As 22Khz, 128-bit mp3's, mono:
Male 1: 5.45 Megs
Male 2: 3.92 Megs
Female 1: 4.98 Megs
Female 2: 5.52 Megs

Note that there was no requirement that actors fall within a specific 
time length.  The speed at which they read largely depended on who was 
reading (these were pro's).

Antonio



Paul Steven wrote:

>

> I seem to recall from many years ago that there was a significant 

> difference in flie size between female and male voice over recordings. 

> My client has specified a desire for a female voice over artist for 

> the voice over in a series of downloadable games and I just wanted to 

> check if using a male voice over artist would significantly reduce the 

> file size. There will be quite a lot of voice over -- approx 10 to 

> 20mb per game.

>

>  

>

> Thanks in advance

>

>  

>

> Paul

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