Create ringtones using WavePad
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Why would you want to create your own ringtones? If you’re like me you spend a small fortune at the iTunes Music Store and other online retailers. So why pay your cell phone company $1.99 or more for thirty second clips of songs you already own? Instead, download the nifty WavePad audio editor (Windows and OS X) and have fun turning those songs into ringtones. For free!
WavePad “Master’s Edition” is a sophisticated audio editor crammed with features that are fun to use. For most of us though, the free basic features are plenty. You don’t need to purchase WavePad to install it, but after 14 days some of the advanced features are disabled unless you do buy it.
Fret not! WavePad does not annoy you with reminders to purchase every time you run it, and the so-called basic feature list is not only impressive but more than enough to create ringtones and more. Experiment with mashups of two or more song clips, change volume, create echo and reverb effects and more!
The features in the free version include:
Load your own music, then use simple GUI tools to select clip(s) Cut, copy, paste, delete, insert, silence, autotrim and more. Adjust volume, fade in/fade out, reverb, echo, reverse. Supports file formats including wav, mp3, vox, gsm, real audio, au, aif, flac, ogg and many more. Includes its own CD ripper with ‘ultrafast ‘rip mode and cddb music database lookup.WavePad does not work, however, with DRM protected music, for obvious legal reasons.
How to use WavePad to create a ringtoneWavePad is a full featured audio editing tool but it is simple enough for beginners to have fun creating ringtones and performing other sonic feats on their music. I will walk you through the process of creating a thirty-second clip that
samples from a song, uses some simple sonic effects, then saves the result in a format...