Filed under: Audio, Software, iPhone
Fission 1.6 makes iPhone ringtones even easier
Rogue Amoeba has released version 1.6 of the nifty lossless audio editor Fission with a handy new feature: built-in iPhone ringtone saving. Fission has always been a great application for making relatively simple edits to audio files: cropping, trimming, cutting and pasting, etc. Now it makes turning MP3, AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless, or WAV files into iPhone ringtones a one-step process. Once you save a file as a ringtone it will automatically be passed to iTunes for syncing to your iPhone.Of course you can do it the old-fashioned way with GarageBand, but if your audio file just needs simple editing the Fission method will likely be easier and faster. In addition to the ringtone saving (and various bug fixes), version 1.6 allows you to insert periods of silence into a file and exactly set the location of the playhead.
Fission 1.6 is a free upgrade to registered owners; it's $32 for new users and a demo is available.
[via Macworld]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
philip said 9:32AM on 10-28-2008
I'd rather use nakko than spend money ont his. Their service does a fine job and it's free!
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Steve said 9:35AM on 10-28-2008
And where can I find 'nakko'?
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Jon said 9:49AM on 10-28-2008
google?
Josh said 9:50AM on 10-28-2008
Just a guess, LOL:
http://nakko.com/
Alex said 9:49AM on 10-28-2008
Are there any such (free) programs for Windows?
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Josh said 9:49AM on 10-28-2008
Um, just a guess but: http://nakko.com/
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paul said 9:58AM on 10-28-2008
cool,
it works.
seems to work for all types of phones.
but who cares ;-]
MadMike said 10:33AM on 10-28-2008
There are a lot of free programs for windows to make ringtones for the iPhone, but none for Mac that are free. They need to open up ringtones, this is BS.
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mex said 10:50AM on 10-28-2008
maybe in Mac there are no so many free apps because you can do it with garageband?
MadMike said 10:54AM on 10-28-2008
No dude, I mean add songs without paying Apple. What if I want my ring tone to be a bunch of fire sirens? GarageBand works if you want to make your own, not from something else.
Hobbes said 11:46AM on 10-28-2008
@MadMike,
dude, Garageband allows you to create ringtones from any songs/sounds you have. You can just load an MP3 file in it and select Share/Ringtone and you're done. It will even tell you how long the song needs to be and adjust for you. If you want a bunch of fire sirens just load the sound in Garageband. It's free and simple.
The only thing seems to be protected songs. I'm not sure if it allows you to create ringtones from protected content. Other than that it's great and free.
MadMike said 12:04PM on 10-28-2008
Oh, I didn't know.
Much Appreciated!
Jak Logan said 10:50AM on 10-28-2008
I wish they'd let me change the background and the wavelength colors... blue on blue gets old.
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TAG said 12:17PM on 10-28-2008
Or you could just use iTunes:
http://cnettv.cnet.com/2001-1_53-50003920.html
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scott said 1:19PM on 10-28-2008
Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) is a free audio editing program that should work for creating ringtones. I just got my 3G this weekend so I have not tried it yet but it does support several formats.
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DJFriar said 2:15PM on 10-28-2008
Well, as a user of Fission, I'm excited about this update. I use Fission mainly for trimming my music (Fission is much finer than iTunes), but I've made a few ringtones too. This will eliminate a few steps and make it even simpler. Sweet!
I too wouldn't mind changing the colors in Fission though.
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Eliot said 2:56PM on 10-28-2008
I never tried Fission because of this:
"Before purchase, the quality of audio saved with Fission will be intentionally degraded with a series of audio fades."
Try our demo. It sucks!
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Brandon said 5:51PM on 10-28-2008
Jailbroken iPhone users can download, crop, convert, and install DIRECTLY FROM THEIR PHONE for FREE.
Open cydia, install RiPTones, and run it for instructions!
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lanejasper69 said 10:10PM on 10-28-2008
iToner also does basically the same thing, you throw a file at it, it'll do it's thing and auto sync it to your iphone. Love it, although I create them the old fashined wat too, for better control or at least crop what I ant first, then use iToner to do the rest.
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Deckie said 11:05AM on 10-29-2008
just use iringer. It's free and in three steps to can cut up to 30 sec of any mp3 and the output dumps right into the itunes ring tone folder. I don't even have my iphone yet and already have a handful of ringtones lined up for install!
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