Zipped files as a way to send audio?

Question

There's always a first time: a Chinese production house asked for mp3 zipped audio.  It made  little difference to the already-compressed file, but would reduce a wav or aif.  Is there a trend to this form of compression for audio?  Are studios in general happy to handle it?

Answer 1

Zipped files are a pretty standard way to make large files and groups of files more manageable. If you are going to send a zipped file to a client however, do make sure that they can accept them. Some clients will have locked down terminals that will make accessing zipped files impossible.