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Posted by: rangerscott69

How do I shorten MP3's to 30 seconds? what programs can I use? I don't like the poly rings.

Posted by: xmr405o

The prog I use is Audacity. Some people use Cool Edit Pro or Soundforge. Pick one they all work fine.

Posted by: rangerscott69

downloaded all those programs and can't get them to work right. Audacity says it needs lame_enc.dll. Where is that? Cool Edit Pro keeps doing the first 60 seconds. Sound forge is nowhere to be found on the internet. Please help me.

Posted by: 2tone

open the mp3 you want to shorten in Cool Edit.
left click on the wave form at the place you want your ringtone to begin hold down on the left click and drag through the wave form to the place you want it to end release left click.
right click on selected area and save as

Posted by: rangerscott69

any way to compress mp3's any smaller? I made a 25 second one at 8 bit mono at the lowest quality and its still 308k. Any lower it just ask to make it better quality.

Posted by: bryn987

well, mine is 20 seconds long, mono at 64kbs with a sample rate of 44,100 and its only about 120 kb big. you must be doing something wrong
oh, and its mp3 too

b

Posted by: 2tone

ranger

try this thread

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...threadid=394545

and also

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...threadid=287725

did you convert it to mono to reduce size?

converting it to mono will overlay the right and left size onto a mono track to maintain quality.

My ringtones average 25-30 seconds and 150kb in size with good quality.

Posted by: rangerscott69

I have cool edit pro, but I can't find where to edit this---("3. IMPORTANT! Filter out anything below about 120 Hz and
above 8 KHz; the tiny phone speaker can't play it anyway.
I used the FFT filter in Cool Edit Pro to brickwall everything
outside that range.") Sorry I don't use sound editing software that much.

Posted by: rangerscott69

and cant find the plugin menu

Posted by: 2tone

I'm not very experienced either. Just hack around until you find it.

What version of Cool Edit are you using.

On my version Menu Path: Help > Search for Help On .....
type in fft and hit List Topics double click on first Title

On Cool Edit Pro 2.0 this is what I do.

3- IMPORTANT! Filter out anything below about 120 Hz and above 8Khz; the tiny phone speaker can't play it anyway. I used the FFT filter in Cool Edit Pro to brickwall everything outside that range.

Menu Path: Effects > Filters > FFT Filter...

on this move cursor on top of square dot and it will change to a hand. You must move the top square dot first if you are moving the vertical line inward from either end. If you are moving the veritcal line ××××××d you must move the bottom square dot first.
Move the left vertical line to ~120 Hz top and bottom the move the right vertical line to ~8000 Hz top and bottom.
_________
__| |____
120 8000

Hit the OK button.

4- IMPORTANT! Normalize it back to 100%.

Menu Path: Effects > Amplitude > Normalize...

Hope this helps

good luck

Posted by: rosyjazz

http://www.threechords.com/hammerhe...l_edit_96.shtml

Posted by: rangerscott69

dang. Now my phone keeps running out of memory and I dont have anything on it now. I have now pictures, but the meter bar shows full and I can't add anything. Should I just reset my phone or what? And ever since I put stuff on my phone, it takes for ever for it to power on. What's the deal?