"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> rjdriver wrote:
>> "Larc" <larc-news@saturnlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:5n25u3ln6ligg5eatbn8c8lcoumhegdhpu@4ax.com...
>>
>>>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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Was there life before cell phones? ;-)
>
Yes but it was very primitive. Long distance communication for these
primitives often consisted of beating on a large hollow log with a stick, or
later, putting a wet blanket over a fire to create "smoke" signals.
Slightly more modern communication involved two cans and a string.
EZ Ringtone - why bother?
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