MP3 Editing Help

[Haloman]

ok, so i need to edit a MP3 for a flash, i have WavePad, and i cut out what i wanted. Problem is, the cut section in now bigger in size (like, 32 MB) then the original 8 minute song! (which was like, 7 MB). And there are crackly sounds throught the audio, why is this? Why is it that the cut portion is much bigger, and of less quality then the orginal song? Is there a way to fix this? How did the original author get the size so small, with great quality? Im pretty confused here, help please.

[B0UNC3]

Well a logic guess is that you export the cut out part as an umcompressed file (wave,wav) which makes the file size.However the sound problem may be in the way you export.Are there any specific sound options you select before you export?

[Haloman]

Sorry, i figured it out mself, i wanted to Edit the MP3 and keep it MP3 format, so i had to use a different program that wouldn't change the MP3 to wav when i was done with it. Thanks anyways though. I figured it out on my own :)