Very large file sizes

I'm saving 1-track GB songs, with 2 effects (mulitband compressor, graphic EQ).
The files are running around 100+ MB per minute (one 6 minute song is 1.5 GB!).
I know GB is a hog, but is this normal for 1 track (stereo)?
mahalo

> ... I have NO idea what you are saying ...
Save the document in MIF format to a .mif file.
Open the .mif with a plain text editor (Notepad will do).
Look at typical MIF markup on the first several pages. It will be short lines of simple words and numbers like:
#    Document Dictionary
#    Variables
<Units Uin>
<CharUnits CUpt>
<ColorCatalog
< Color
< ColorTag `Black'>
< ColorCyan 0.000000>
< ColorMagenta 0.000000>
< ColorYellow 0.000000>
< ColorBlack 100.000000>
< ColorAttribute ColorIsBlack>
Search for "<DocFileInfo"
The next block of lines represent a binary data object in the document that is encoded as hexadecimal text in the MIF. In a document using only Import-by-Reference for external objects, that should be the only instance of such a block:
<DocFileInfo
3C3F787061636B657420626567696E3D27EFBBBF272069643D2757354D304D7043656869487A7265537A4E5463 7A6B633964273F3E0A3C783A7861706D65746120786D6C6E733A783D2761646F62653A6E733A6D6574612F2720 783A786170746B3D27584D5020746F6F6C6B697420322E382E312D
32382C206672616D65776F726B20312E35273E0A3C7264663A52444620786D6C6E733A7264663D27687474703A 2F2F7777772E77332E6F72672F313939392F30322F32322D7264662D73796E7461782D6E73232720786D6C6E73 3A69583D27687474703A2F2F6E732E61646F62652E636F6D2F6958
Scroll through the file looking for other such blocks. For example, a screenshot pasted into an anchored frame might appear as:
=DIB
&%v
&BMFF1\x00000000003600000028000000970300009204000001001800000000001046310000000000
&0000000000000000000000009C14008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C
&10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10
&008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C1000
And in that test I just ran, including a 1920x1280 color screenshot exploded the size of the .fm file from 300kB to 3.5Mb.

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some of my clients don't have flip for mac so I need to render them a quicktime.
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> ... I have NO idea what you are saying ...
Save the document in MIF format to a .mif file.
Open the .mif with a plain text editor (Notepad will do).
Look at typical MIF markup on the first several pages. It will be short lines of simple words and numbers like:
#    Document Dictionary
#    Variables
<Units Uin>
<CharUnits CUpt>
<ColorCatalog
< Color
< ColorTag `Black'>
< ColorCyan 0.000000>
< ColorMagenta 0.000000>
< ColorYellow 0.000000>
< ColorBlack 100.000000>
< ColorAttribute ColorIsBlack>
Search for "<DocFileInfo"
The next block of lines represent a binary data object in the document that is encoded as hexadecimal text in the MIF. In a document using only Import-by-Reference for external objects, that should be the only instance of such a block:
<DocFileInfo
3C3F787061636B657420626567696E3D27EFBBBF272069643D2757354D304D7043656869487A7265537A4E5463 7A6B633964273F3E0A3C783A7861706D65746120786D6C6E733A783D2761646F62653A6E733A6D6574612F2720 783A786170746B3D27584D5020746F6F6C6B697420322E382E312D
32382C206672616D65776F726B20312E35273E0A3C7264663A52444620786D6C6E733A7264663D27687474703A 2F2F7777772E77332E6F72672F313939392F30322F32322D7264662D73796E7461782D6E73232720786D6C6E73 3A69583D27687474703A2F2F6E732E61646F62652E636F6D2F6958
Scroll through the file looking for other such blocks. For example, a screenshot pasted into an anchored frame might appear as:
=DIB
&%v
&BMFF1\x00000000003600000028000000970300009204000001001800000000001046310000000000
&0000000000000000000000009C14008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C
&10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10
&008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C10008C1000
And in that test I just ran, including a 1920x1280 color screenshot exploded the size of the .fm file from 300kB to 3.5Mb.

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