Chris, One of the features of Amadeus Pro or Lite is that it lets you interactively select the portion of any audio track you want to process or cut out -- whether that's to excerpt, apply noise cleaning, use audio effects, etc. If you selected a track, and didn't specify in any way that you wanted to select a section of the track, the program will convert the entire track to the ringtone format. Drop some markers to select the part of a track you want to make into a ringtone. For example, press space bar to start the track playing, then press "P" to place a marker at positions you select, and press space bar again to pause the playback. Use Option+Left Arrow to move to the previous marker position and Option+Right Arrow to move to the next marker. If you're happy with the placement of the markers, use the "Selection" menu to mark the part of the track you want select. You can move to the marker for your start position and use "Mark selection" (shortcut Command-Shift-M.) Then use Command-Right arrow to "Extend to next marker", which can also be found in the "Selection" menu on the menu bar. You can check the selection by pressing space bar again, and playback will start and stop at your selected region. Apply the function to export as a ringtone to your selection. Note that you can copy, cut, and paste selections from tracks in Amadeus Pro, so you could create a new track from you selection.
There have been some previous podcasts about Amadeus Pro discussed on this list by Allison, Paul Hopewell, Eric Caron, and Dane. Here's a link to a post in the archives that gives some useful links. (I used the link to the public Mail Archive that appears at the bottom of each page, typed "Amadeus Pro podcast" into the text box, and pressed "return", then copied the first link of the results): • Re: Amadeus Pro http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/msg10488.html (Note that the reference to the "Amadeus 101" podcast by Allison is from Sarah's earlier post, quoted below my post, and given as the podbean site. You can also use Control-P as a shortcut to read previous notes in threads at the Mail Archive, so pressing Control-P twice will take you to Sarah's post. Eric and Dane submitted podcasts to Blind Cool Tech when an earlier version of Amadeus Pro was in use, so the sources listed in the linked post may be more helpful. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Sep 29, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Chris wrote: > Hello all. > I found a feature in Amadeus Lite to export a file as an iPhone ringtone. I > tried this, and it sort of works, except the whole file got exported. I > realize the limitation regarding iPhone ringtones in that they must be no > more than 30 seconds in length. > So can anyone tell me where I went wrong please? I left the Export as iPhone > Ringtone settings at their defaults. > Alternatively should I use an app like Fission to do this? > Thanks! <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
