Audio Cutter: Trim Songs and Make Ringtones
Trim a song or recording on its waveform and add a fade. Nothing is uploaded.
or drop it here
Accepts: MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, OGG, FLAC
Converted on this device. Your files are never uploaded.
A short fade makes a clip sound finished
Cutting in the middle of a sound leaves an abrupt start or a click at the end. A 1-second fade-in or fade-out softens that, and 3 seconds suits music that should trail off.
A fade changes the sound itself, so the clip is re-encoded at a bitrate close to the source. The clip is saved as a new file, so your original stays untouched.
Ringtones: Galaxy takes the file directly, iPhone goes through GarageBand
On Samsung Galaxy phones, open Settings › Sounds and vibration › Ringtone, tap Add and choose the music file saved on the phone.
On iPhone, Apple's instructions use the GarageBand app to turn an audio file into a ringtone, and Apple says ringtones can be up to 30 seconds long. Cutting the clip to 30 seconds or less here means GarageBand won't shorten it for you.
A 30-second clip is small
A 30-second clip at 192 kbps MP3 is 192 × 30 ÷ 8 = 720 kB. The same clip as WAV (44.1 kHz, 16-bit stereo) is about 5.3 MB, so WAV is only worth it if another app needs uncompressed audio.
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Questions
Does cutting lower the quality?
Not if you keep the format. Cutting an MP3 to MP3 (or M4A to M4A) offers Keep original, selected by default, which copies the audio without re-encoding. Adding a fade means re-encoding at a bitrate close to the source. Saving to another format also re-encodes; WAV avoids further loss but makes a much larger file.
Why can't I use a song from a streaming app?
Copy-protected (DRM) files can't be opened here. Apple and Samsung also note that protected files can't be set as ringtones.
Can I cut the sound from a video?
Use Video to MP3, which has its own trim range, then bring the result here if you want fades.
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