wow, This sounds helpful. I'll save this message. On Apr 30, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Red.Falcon wrote:
> Hi there! > This might help! > From Esther a while ago! > use an AppleScript called "Make Ringable" that you can get from Doug Adams' > "AppleScripts for iTunes" web site: > http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=makeringable > This is a Mac-only solution. You can read the short description of the > script under the "Make Ringable v1.1" heading, and find complete details in > the viewable "Read Me" PDF that follows the download link after the short > description. If this is the first time you're using AppleScripts in iTunes, > you'll have to create a Scripts folder in your account under: > ~/Library/iTunes/ > Then, any AppleScripts that are placed in that folder show up as menu options > under a special Scripts menu for that application on the menu bar (in this > case, iTunes), that appears to the left of the "Help" entry. You select your > track or item, then navigate to the Scripts on the menu bar, arrow down and > select the AppleScript option you want to apply. > > In this case, the script looks for the start and stop times you selected > (e.g., you used the "Get Info" shortcut of Command+I -- or Control+I in > Windows -- then navigated to the "Options" tab and entered a start and stop > time for the section of the track you want to play). You can skip this if > your track is shorter than the maximum allowed time for a ringtone (39 > seconds). When you run the script, the dialog window that appears after you > highlight your track, then select the "Make Ringable" menu option from the > Scripts menu on the iTunes menu bar displays the start and stop times (and > the current length for the ringtone), and prompts you to enter a Ringtone > name (otherwise uses the same name as your track). If no start and stop > times are set, you're prompted with to do so, and given the opportunity to > exit the script. The script then coverts the sections to a ringtone of the > specified length and the correct format, and adds it to your ringtones > library. You're then asked whether you want to reset the start and end times > to the whole track before exiting the script. The original mp3 file is left > in your music library, and the new ringtone shows up in your ringtones > library. > > If you have the "MoveAddict" software that allows you to move files, cut, > paste, and merge on the Mac, or if you're using one of the move AppleScripts, > you can just use those options to put the AppleScript in the > /Library/iTunes/Scripts folder under your user account. Otherwise, just copy > and paste to that location. So, for a first time AppleScript user, the > directions would be: > > 1. In Finder, press Command-Shift-H (go to your home directory) > 2. Command-Shift-G ("Go to Folder" shortcut) and then either type or paste in: > Library/iTunes > into the text of the dialog box, and press "Return". (Navigate to the > Library/iTunes folder in your account). > 3. Command-Shift-N to create a new folder and name it "Scripts", with a > capital "S". If you already have a Library/iTunes/Scripts folder in your > account you can skip these three steps. > 4. After downloading the "Make Ringable" AppleScript, either copy or move it > (and the ReadMe instructions) to your ~/Library/ITunes/Scripts folder. If > you copy the AppleScript, the Finder actions are: > 4a. Command-C (copy) > 4b. Command-Shift-H (go to your home directory) > 4c. Command-Shift-G ("Go to Folder") then type or paste in: > Library/iTunes/Scripts > into the text box of the dialog window, and press "Return" > 4d. Command-V (paste) > 5. Now, when you're in iTunes, there will be a Scripts menu on the iTunes > menu bar, so after highlighting a track in your music library: > 5a. Control-F2 (or VO-M) to the menu bar, then Left Arrow twice to the > Scripts menu > 5b. Arrow down to "Make Ringable" and press "Return" > 5c. Follow the script dialog options. > > You can also assign shortcut keys to the AppleScript options, but you should > do this when the application (here, iTunes) is not running, since these get > defined and loaded when the application starts up. Doug's AppleScripts for > iTunes site has many excellent AppleScripts. The site is donationware, which > means that you're free to download and use these scripts, but if you really > find them useful, you're encouraged to send in a donation, since he writes > these for free in addition to his regular job. > > HTH. Cheers, > > On 30 Apr 2012, at 15:48, Stacey Robinson wrote: > >> Thanks scott. >> On Apr 30, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Scott Rumery wrote: >> >>> No, unfortunately there isn't. I didn't record it myself, it was recorded >>> by the Coversation Station system, and as far as I know the only way to >>> hear it is to call the line and go into recordings and enter the recording >>> code of 17379. This was the first time I did a presentation like this and >>> I had fun doing it, so I plan on doing some more of them in the future. I >>> know that some people don't like the idea of calling one of these >>> coversation lines, but if just give it a try, I think that you will like it. >>> >>> Scott Rumery >>> On Apr 30, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: >>> >>>> Scott, Is there anywhere where I could download this demonstration? >>>> >>>> On Apr 30, 2012, at 8:52 AM, Scott Rumery wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, you don't necessarily >>>>> have to use Garage Band to make ringtones out of your own music. You can >>>>> very easily do this with iTunes. I recently did a presentation on this >>>>> very topic last Wednesday night for an iPhone Discussion conference that >>>>> my friend Beverly Hunter and I have on the Conversation Station every >>>>> Wednesday and Saturday night. These conferences oar held at 7:00 P.M. >>>>> Eastern Time on Wednesday, and 6:00 P.M. Eastern Time on Saturday. If >>>>> you would like to listen to my presentation on the Conversation Station >>>>> just call: 616-883-2999, press pound to skip the welcome message, then >>>>> press the number 5 for recordings, and then enter the recording ID 17379. >>>>> I give step by step instructions on how to use iTunes to make your own >>>>> ringtones. >>>>> >>>>> Scott Rumery >>>>> >>>>> Cellphone #478-993-8717 >>>>> Email Address: blindfait...@gmail.com >>>>> Twitter ID: @skooterbobOn Apr 30, 2012, at 8:39 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> How do you use garageband to make ringtones. 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