You want to make a mix or simple ringtone.. and dont know how?

Firstable, go to http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ and download Audacity.

About Audacity

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:

*Record live audio.
*Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
*Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
*Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
*Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
*And more!

After you download audacity - you will also need this http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/lame - Lame MP3 encoder, so you can save your files as mp3's.

And thats it! Free and amazing tool is all you need for start.
Tutorials coming soon

TUTORIAL 1

How to make simple ringtone

Open your audacity program, go to "File" - "open" - and then find the song on your computer which you want cut off and use as ringtone:



Left click on mouse and drag the area you want to use for ringtone.



Go to "Edit" and press "copy" - that will copy part of song you higlihted for your tune:



Again go to File and press "New" (it will open new empty window):



Now go to "Edit" - and "paste" (it will paste part of song you just copied for ur tune):



Now you have your tune - make sure its 28 seconds or less coz of the rules (if its over - cut it off on 28 seconds).

You dont want that tune starts loud - its much better when it starts from silence and sound is gently getting higher. To get that first you have to highlight first 2 -3 seconds of the tune and then go to "Effect" - "Fade in" and press it:



After that i suggest you highlight last 2-3 seconds of the tune and go to "Effect" and press "Fade out".
That will make sound gently low down to zero:



Now you want to save it somewhere on the computer. Go to "File" and "Export":



Put name in the box.. and for tunes use 128 Kbps - it will sound great and file wont be too "heavy" for the ringtone:



I hope this was helpfull. In case of any question about this - feel free to post it in Official RC Spamming topic and me or anyone else will be glad to help you

We'll have more tutorials soon

TUTORIAL 2

How to mix 2 in audacity

Considering that this tutorial would be very hard to make with images, thanks to technokid - we have it on video



How to mix in audacity - video tutorial

Once again - in case of any question about this tutorial - feel free to post it in RC Spamming topic or pm technokid or me.

And no more excuses for not entering RC coz "you dont know how to mix"

TUTORIAL 3

How to amplify the sound


If you think your tune dont sound loud enough - use "amplify" effect.
Open tune in Audacity:



Right click with mouse and drag it across the whole tune. That will darken up background:



Go to "Effects" and find "Amplify" . Press it:



Program will automatically choose best level of amplifying. So you only need to press "OK".
If level is on 0 - then your tune dont need amplifying at all. But.. in case you want it sound louder - then choose level by yourself (in that case u will have to check that "Allow clipping") and thats it:



Now your tune is louder (you can see how sound vawe is bigger then on first image of this tutorial):



Sometimes... specially when you make mix - some parts of tune is lower then others - then you can right click with mouse and drag across the part you want to amplify:



Press "Amplify" and you will get only that part amplified. Be sure you check how it sounds.. maybe u will need to do it again - to lower or to higher sound, depends on your choice:



Simple and easy - use it when you need it. Dont overdoit with loudness - people usually need their ears for whole life - not just to hear your tune

Hope you all find this helpfull. Enjoy the music!

IF ANYONE WANTS TO PUT ANY TUTORIAL IN HERE - JUST PM ME AND I WILL OPEN THREAD SO YOU CAN POST IT.

TUTORIAL 4

How to mix 2 parts


First you pick 2 parts of songs you want to use for mix. Open audacity, find 1st song, cut the part you want to use for your mix (use fade in and fade out) and save it for example as part 1. Then open another song, do same thing and save it as part 2.
So now you have 2 parts and you want to make mix out of it. Lets start!

1st open Part 1:



Then go to File ---> Import ----> Audio (and pick Part 2)



Now you will have this:



If you notice big difference in sound volume like between those 2 parts (in this case second one would sound much louder then first one)... use amplify (go to effects-utility-amplify):





After that you will get this:



Now lets mix those 2 parts! How? Easy! Use time shift tool by pressing this icon:



All you have 2 do now is to move the Part 2 somewhere where fade out of Part 1 is beginning and listen to the transition. If beats dont match - try to move Part 2 left or right (you have to listen to transition every time you move it) until you find the right place where beats match and transition sounds good.



When you are 100% satisified with the tranisition - save the mix. Go to File - Export and save it!

Of course, you can also Import more parts and mix them as you want.

So... what are you waiting for??! Go and practice! I know you can do it!

New in Audacity 1.3.8 Beta

New Features
Effects and Analysis:

* VST Effects now display GUI by default
* Faster Equalization and Noise Removal; improved Truncate Silence and Click Track
* Chains applied to files now clear temporary data after processing each file
* Updated Nyquist implementation with support for SAL syntax and improved memory management
* Plot Spectrum now analyzes up to 237.8 seconds of audio, with separate windows for each project and improved display; new preferences for Spectrograms
* Contrast Analysis tool now modeless for easier use

Interface:

* Draft Manual/Quick Help included in Windows and Mac installers
* New "Mixer Board" view with per-track VU meters
* Mute, solo, gain, pan and track height saved in projects
* More compact Preferences window with easier-to-use Keyboard tab and new toolbars shortcuts
* New Screenshot Tools and improved screen reader support

Other:

* Record more than 16 channels (hardware/drivers permitting)
* Improved support for non-mmap ALSA devices such as PulseAudio
* 32-bit float data over 0 dB now handled without clipping
* "Stop" option when importing preserves already imported data
* AMR NB export now supported if the optional FFmpeg library is installed
* Faster waveform drawing and better response in multi-track projects

Bug fixes for:

* Export Multiple: failed if empty label encountered; files silenced if overwriting imported WAV files without copying them in
* Metadata Editor hidden if it was on a now unavailable second monitor
* Misaligned audio after "Split New" or Noise Removal effect
* Incorrect label movement and paste with linked audio and label tracks
* Equalization, Cut Preview and Advanced Mixing Options dialogue
* (Linux) Mixer Toolbar should now adjust levels and select input sources properly
* "Audio cache" preference caused crashes - data is now only cached in memory if available RAM is above a level defined in preferences
* Various other crashes


if any1 is entrusted in testing it out here is link 2 it LINK