Want to delete 1gb AIFF files from TimeMachine

I've got old audio tapes and record albums (that I purchased and own) which have never come out on CD and I can't buy them legally on-line. I'm importing into iTunes using Toast Titanium 9's Spin Doctor, my old component take deck, and my Roland EDIROL UA-20 USB Audio/MIDI capture device which creates files that are greater than 800mb AIFF files per side of tape.
I can NOT set it to a lower quality rate when using the EDIROL UA-20. I bought one of the iMics from Griffin Technologies but have not successfully been able to get that to work correctly and gave up on it for now.
I import them into iTunes. Use iTunes to convert them to AAC with in 64 kbps which shrinks it down to about 20 to 30mbs. Then I delete the AIFF files from iTunes BUT, I forget about Time Machine and it backs up the AIFF which I don't want it to back up.
How do I go in there without messing things up, and delete those files? The best way for me to find them if there is some way to search a specific folder and sub folders (how do I get there and how to I search?) for AIFF files? And also files greater than 500mb.

To be clear, I want to be able to delete these files from the Time Machine backup.

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I Just wondered Does iTunes store the original music file and then copy it into a separate folder?
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