Hi, Joe!

I've been editing a series of audio files at my job, and
part of that includes making 'em small enough to fit on
a CD. They were recorded digitally in MP3 format and
are either at, slightly over or near 70 minutes in length.

I convert them to wave using the awesome
free dBpowerAMP Music Converter tool found here:
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/.

Next, I edit out the long pauses, etc. and save them
with new names.

Then to convert them back into MP3 I again use
dBpowerAMP. Even though I only edit out probably
no more than between 2 and five minutes in most
cases, the new ones end up being compressed more
than enough to fit on a CD.

Hope this helps.

Seeking YOUR Success,

Stephen Boutelle,