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    ringtone

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by drfeelgood, Sep 17, 2007.

  1. drfeelgood

    drfeelgood Newbie

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    i need a way to take a song that i edited in itunes and save it as .mp3 to use as a ringtone. how can i do that?
     
    drfeelgood, Sep 17, 2007
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  2. sagebrush

    sagebrush Notebook Consultant

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    If these are NOT tracks you purchased from iTunes store... you can do the following:

    In iTunes, go to your preferences ("command" + ","), and go to the Advanced tab. Within the Advanced tab there are 3 more tabs, go to the Importing tab.
    Under the "Import Using" drop-down menu, make sure MP3 Encoder is selected.
    Under "Setting" select your desired bitrate and then hit OK to exit the preferences.
    Now you can right-click (ctr-click) on any track within your library and select Convert Selection to MP3.

    If these are tracks you purchased from the iTunes Store, you will need a 3rd party application (Audition, Cool Edit Pro, etc.) to record the track while it plays in iTunes. This is how I rip my protected iTunes tracks... others may know of other ways.
     
    sagebrush, Sep 17, 2007
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  3. Xander

    Xander Paranoid Android

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    Use as a ringtone for what? An iPhone? MacRumors has info about iPhone Ringtones.

    Otherwise I have no idea.
     
    Xander, Sep 17, 2007
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  4. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    i dont have an iphone. i have tracks that i ripped and downloaded and once i edit out the part that i want in garageband how do i save the song file as .mp3?
     
    stealthsniper96, Sep 17, 2007
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  5. Xander

    Xander Paranoid Android

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    Can't you just Export to iTunes? Then in iTunes you can easily convert to mp3. You may be able to select MP3 compression in GarageBand, but I don't use GarageBand so I've never tried it, but the tutorial is right there on Apple's product page ;).
     
    Xander, Sep 17, 2007
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  6. CanadianDude

    CanadianDude Notebook Deity

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    Is this all done through the bluetooth?
     
    CanadianDude, Sep 17, 2007
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  7. sarankarthi

    sarankarthi Newbie

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    there will be an option in file ---> Save as
    then a dialog box opens in that select the file to save as MP3 or lame or etc of the kind with the file name....

    Removed by Mod...spam part.
     
    sarankarthi, Jun 3, 2008
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  8. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    Spam in the Apple section? And replying to my question? I'm honored.
     
    stealthsniper96, Jun 3, 2008
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  9. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    You should be...thread closed :)
     
    Kdawgca, Jun 3, 2008
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