"Larc" <larc-news@saturnlink.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:34:46 +0000 (UTC), dold@05.usenet.us.com wrote:
>
>>rjdriver <rjdriversNOSPAM@cox.net> wrote:
>>I suspect ggrobot is a robot, posting occasionally, maybe whenever a note
>>is posted here about ringtones.
>>
>>Three reposts in this thread, as if they were blind reactions to
>>something.
>>
>>> RIP CDs to MP3 with Windows Media Player.
>>> Cut down MP3s to ring tone size with Audacity.
>>
>>Do both with itunes. Much nicer interface than Audacity.
>>
>>I made my own ringtones, snipping the sound that I wanted out of an mp3
>>file using itunes, and then transferring them to Nokia and Motorola phones
>>as a bluetooth file download.
>>
>>Gaffer74 http://myforum.lasyk.net/archive/index.php/t-8415.html
>>
>>Your phone rings for about 21 seconds before voicemail, so you don't need
>>mp3 files any larger
>>
>>iTunes, Edit, Preferences, Importing, Import Settings mp3 128kbps.
>>
>>Play the song you want, and locate the part you want to be the ringtone
>>(IE: 00:30.00 to 00:51.00) and then Command-I to get info on the song.
>>
>>Under the Options tab in the Get Info menu, check both start and stop time
>>and enter the start and stop times for the ringtone section (i.e. Start
>>time 00:30.00 End Time 00:51.00).
>>
>>You may want to play it once to make sure it's well cropped.
>>Select the song in your library and go to
>>Advanced -> Convert Selection to MP3.
>>
>>It will convert ONLY the portion of the song that you selected to a new,
>>cropped MP3 file. I renamed mine to the same title - ringtone.
>>Right click, "Show in Windows Explorer".
>>
>>Drag that the the "Music Files" folder on the phone.
>
> *gets on soapbox*
>
> OK, so it's probably just me. But I'm still trying to figure out why
> anybody would use part of a song as an alert somebody is calling them.
> Besides, that's not a ringtone; it's a music snippet! A friend
> recently missed an important call because his car radio was on, and he
> didn't recognize the difference between the sound from his cellphone
> and the music on his radio.
>
> Look at the word "ringtone." Is anything there that implies "music"?
>
> *gets off soapbox*
>
> Larc


Oh My God! Imagine all the "important" phone calls we missed in the car
before we had cell phones.