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macfantn · May 10, 2006, 07:08 PM

How can I shorten the length of an mp3? I only need it to be 30 secs long. Can this be done in garage band? or does anyone know of any freeware programs I can use?

rozwado1 · May 10, 2006, 07:17 PM

MP3 Trimmer. It's shareware, but the demo is functional. Check versiontracker.

macfantn · May 10, 2006, 07:19 PM

thanks!

macfantn · May 10, 2006, 07:26 PM

!@#$% you can't save without buying the program which is 10.95 and all i want is a certain song as a ringtone on my phone. Can't buy it from Cingular and not worth 10.95 and suggestions?

black bear theory · May 10, 2006, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by macfantn

How can I shorten the length of an mp3? I only need it to be 30 secs long. Can this be done in garage band? or does anyone know of any freeware programs I can use?

use audacity. it can be downloaded for free. i think you'll need to install a LAME plug-in to work with .mp3 though.

waxcrash · May 10, 2006, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by macfantn

Can this be done in garage band?

Yes, you can use GarageBand. If you have QuickTime Pro, you can use that too.

macfantn · May 10, 2006, 07:55 PM

thanks exactly what i needed.

cjrivera · May 10, 2006, 08:00 PM

Could you use iMovie?

phantomdragonz · May 11, 2006, 02:35 AM

USE iTUNES!!!

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...40522031438915

I have used it in the past for my razr and ir worked perfectly!

Zach

Macfreak7 · May 11, 2006, 08:35 AM

That's a cool tip.

rozwado1 · May 11, 2006, 05:01 PM

I must be using an older version of MP3 Trimmer... mine's 2.5

d4nth3m4n · May 11, 2006, 05:13 PM

i've had good luck with audacity.

phantomdragonz · May 12, 2006, 02:02 AM

audion is a great mp4 player that has an AWESOME file editor... it actually shows you the waves(?) that the music makes so you can splice right before a sound... or right after... MUCH easier to get right the first time...

Audion might need to be paid for before you can do that though...

Zach

PurpleGiant · May 12, 2006, 02:22 AM

Audion is free now. Panic stopped selling it quite a while ago.

FireWire · May 12, 2006, 02:31 AM

D'oh! I was under the impression that MP3trimmer was free, it's not like they state that fact clearly on their website...

I had installed it today, but I think it's time to delete it already

You can read a similar thread, posted recently: http://forums.macnn.com/103/ipod-iphone-and-ipad/294483/how-do-you-break-song-up/.

analogika · May 12, 2006, 03:03 PM

iTunes.

Just use iTunes to set start and end points of the mp3 in question (in the "Information" dialog, Apple-i, under Options, will also take decimal fractions of seconds), go to "advanced" menu, and have iTunes "re-convert" it to mp3 or whatever you want.

It will add a new song to the library that is only the snippet you want.

You can then go back and change the start and end points to 0:00 and whatever the actual end of the song is.