Ringtones for iPhone

On 09/14/2007 04:41 AM, "Dave Clark" <dave28cmac.com> wrote:

> Here's the latest from David Pogue about Ringtones from Apple for iPhone:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/13/technology/circuits/13pogue-email.html?8cir&;
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> He bluntly describes the whole business as a rip-off by the record companies.
>
> Surely there must be a way in iTunes or something on my Macs to achieve the
> same thing.

I use iToner. No, it's not free, but it rocks.

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On 9/14/07 5:41 AM, "Dave Clark" <dave28cmac.com> wrote:

> Here's the latest from David Pogue about Ringtones from Apple for iPhone:
>
> He bluntly describes the whole business as a rip-off by the record companies.

I would disagree with that. Provide a service and charge what the bear. We
may not like ringtones but if a company can make money selling them, why not
let them?

> Surely there must be a way in iTunes or something on my Macs to achieve the
> same thing.

Of course there is. Depending on your technical sophistication, it can be
easy or it can be hard:

8 Ways to get Ringtones onto Your iPhone
<http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/apple/how-to-8-ways-to-get-ringtones-onto-your-i
phone-298649.php>

Obviously, for a lot of people, it's easier to simply buy them from Apple or
other providers.

--
Shawn King
Host/Executive Producer
Your Mac Life
http://www.yourmaclifeshow.com

Is there a free or inexpensive program to make MP3 snippets?

Sent from my iPhone

On 14-Sep-2007, at 14:29, Shawn King wrote:
> I would disagree with that. Provide a service and charge what the
> bear. We
> may not like ringtones but if a company can make money selling
> them, why not
> let them?

Many reasons. First off, these companies use their monopoly position
(with regards to any individual customer the company is a complete
monopoly) to cripple their hardware so that you have to buy ringtones
instead of providing your own. This is why Veriscum disabled
bluetooth file transfers on their phones for so long.

Second, the content cartel maggots are keeping ALL of that money.

Third, you already bought the music, but you are forced, again, by
crippled hardware and DRM and DMCA BS to purchase it again, at
obscene prices (equivalent to more than $50 for a CD's worth of
music, and nowhere-near the same quality).

Fourth, you don't actually BUY ringtones. They are first off, tied
to a specific phone, so if that phone dies, you lose all the
ringtones. If by some miracle the phone does not die, the ringtones
expire.

On Sep 14, 2007, at 4:41 AM, Dave Clark wrote:

> Surely there must be a way in iTunes or something on my Macs to
> achieve the same thing.

I have always made my own in iTunes; I just set the start and stop
time in the options setting and then export that 20-30 sec. clip and
do that for various 'possible' ring tones. Then I sync them to the
phone as ring tones. I think the shareware products are a little
'faster' in that you can more quickly find just the right start and
stop place, but really, it's not like I'm doing this on a daily basis.

Jeffrey

On 15-Sep-2007, at 04:06, John Massengale wrote:
> Is there a free or inexpensive program to make MP3 snippets?

iTunes, I've used it many time to make ringtones.

Find the song you want, then in the options, set the start time and
end time, then 'Convert' the track to MP3 and you will get just the
portion you want.

Yes, it's a slightly obnoxious process, but it works and works well
(I've made several mp3 ringtones this way).

I turn off stereo encoding and drop the bit rate to conserve space,
but that's for a RAZR.

On 9/15/07 6:06 AM, "John Massengale" <johnmassengale.com> wrote:

> Is there a free or inexpensive program to make MP3 snippets?

8 Ways to get Ringtones onto Your iPhone:
<http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/apple/how-to-8-ways-to-get-ringtones-onto-your-i
phone-298649.php>

--
Shawn King
Host/Executive Producer
Your Mac Life
http://www.yourmaclifeshow.com

Anyone on the list know how to make this work with a Palm Treo??

On Sep 15, 2007, at 1:17 PM, Google Kreme <gkremegmail.com>
>
> iTunes, I've used it many time to make ringtones.
>
> Find the song you want, then in the options, set the start time and
> end time, then 'Convert' the track to MP3 and you will get just the
> portion you want.
>
> Yes, it's a slightly obnoxious process, but it works and works well
> (I've made several mp3 ringtones this way).
>
Is there a way to make the sound fade, or do I need another program?

Ray

Would you mind giving somewhat more detailed step by step on this process? I get to the export step but don't get how to have the new file show up in the "Ringtones" folder so it'll sync to the iPhone. Perhaps I'm missing something (or a lot). Do you use something like iTone for the sync? Exporting to the Ringtones folder (~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Ringtones) doesn't work (shows up as a text file) nor does manually moving the file to the Ringtones folder.

thanks

On 16-Sep-2007, at 05:33, Ray Kloss wrote:
> On Sep 15, 2007, at 1:17 PM, Google Kreme <gkremegmail.com>
>> iTunes, I've used it many time to make ringtones.
>>
> Is there a way to make the sound fade, or do I need another program?

Garageband can do that.