"rjdriver" <rjdriversNOSPAM@cox.net> wrote in message
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> "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.


When the classic rock station decides to play Werewolves of London, I hit
the call button on my dash trying to answer my phone. Gotta laugh.