A guide to creating ringtones from CD using FreeRIP and Audacity

[TheLoz]

I've been looking around, and it seems like I might be able to rewrite this guide to make it a bit simpler. The latest version of Audacity (Beta 1.3.5) has much-improved MP3 export, and I found CDex, a completely free, open-source CD ripper that looks a lot better than FreeRIP.

IJM, that software looks ace, but it's not free :( Audacity can do the same thing by recording the "Wave Out Mix" or "Stereo Mix", but that's hidden by default in Windows Vista.

[gavinguinness]

Originally Posted by TheLoz

( Audacity can do the same thing by recording the "Wave Out Mix" or "Stereo Mix", but that's hidden by default in Windows Vista.

Indeed it can, but don't rely on this in your tutorial as the ability to record the Soundcard output (Stereo Mix) is a feature of the sound card hardware and not Audacity.

My sound card on this PC doesn't support it. My kids PC upstairs does.

[TheLoz]

What OS you running Gav? In my experience even the most basic onboard sound chips usually do WaveOut mix in some form...

[gavinguinness]

Originally Posted by TheLoz

What OS you running Gav? In my experience even the most basic onboard sound chips usually do WaveOut mix in some form...

XP/Ubuntu, same issue in both OS's.

You're absolutely right though. I purhcased a seperate sound card with this PC and it requires a paid firmware upgrade to activate the additional features! - I moaned at Dell about it, because the £300 PC I got form my Old Man has it on board as you say, but I just refuse to pay extra for it.

[TheLoz]

What a rip! Ah well, screw 'em! Just record the waveout mix with a short jack cable to the line-in ;)

[gavinguinness]

Originally Posted by TheLoz

What a rip! Ah well, screw 'em! Just record the waveout mix with a short jack cable to the line-in ;)

Unfortunately not: "Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

No worries though, I get all my Tunes from Napster these days, so I don't really miss the ability to record streams off t'internet anyway.

[Hot Shot]

Will try soon,thanx..

[endlsop]

Thank you, thank you, I bought the HTC touch pro last week and have been trying to figure out how to convert my cd's into ringtones. I refuse to pay for music I own. This step by step has done it. I definitely appreciate it.