Ringtone from Song Clip

[Anupam]

Folks, how do I make a good quality ringtone from a song clip. I can cut a 20 sec. section using an audio editor...but the quality is not as good as ringtones from Verizon...

[LtKen]

Just make sure you use a good audio editor, like Audacity, and you should be able to make higher quality ringtones than anything you can get from VZW.

Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder

[mwhartman]

I'm curious why you want to limit yourself to 20 sec. Unlike the iPhone the Droid will support a longer tone.

Mike

[LtKen]

I think 20 sec or so is the standard ring time before it goes to VM, but yeah, there's no reason to not have a longer tone.

[Anupam]

I tried to use Audacity but was not clear on how. I had a m4a version of a song and Audacity was messed up when I tried to play back. So I used Wave Pad.

[mwhartman]

Thanks I had not realized that. When I installed my old iPhone ring tones they appeared to wrap so I switched to the full song. But I'm old and my hearing is bad so it may be another senior illusion

Mike

[Anupam]

I am wondering if I need to rip at a higher quality.

[LtKen]

Audacity should be able to handle M4A, did it sound bad when you played it, or after you exported it? If it's the latter, then try uncompressed WAV....

[Anupam]

The original version of the song is m4a and is about 9 minutes long. When I import it in Audacity and play, it speeds it up into about 5-6 secs and sounds like a screech.

[LtKen]

PM me and I'll see if I can replicate what you're talking about.