Thanks so much for that very informative post, Esther. I learned something. :)
Teresa On Sep 12, 2010, at 8:42 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi All, > > Hope this is not off topic, but Jody's search for an iPhone app that would > play a doorbell for dog training reminded me that Mac users who bought > previous versions of the iLife Suite for multimedia on their computers > (iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb, iDVD, and GarageBand for music) have access to the > audio loops and many sound effects that installed with these apps on their > computer. They're in: > > /Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/ > > and there are two main folders: "Apple Loops for Garageband" and "iLife Sound > Effects". You can simply play them, or you can make them into ringtones. > (Navigate to them in Finder with the Command-Shift-G "Go to Folder" shortcut, > then type or paste in "/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/" into the dialog box > and press return.) > >> >> The "iLife Sound Effects" folder has lots of interesting folders, such as >> "Animals" -- with chimpanzees, dogs, frogs, loons, seagulls, roosters, >> sheep, brontasaurus wails, etc. or the "Work - Home " folder with cell phone >> ringing and dialing sounds, telephone busy, dial tones, fax machine tones, >> etc. You can QuickLook any of these by starting at the first folder in a >> Finder list view, pressing space bar to let QuickLook start playing the >> sound, and then using your down arrow key to move on to QuickLook the next >> file to sample the sounds. >> >> These files all have .caf extensions, so you can't add them directly to >> iTunes. (The .caf stands for "Core Audio File", which is like AIFF -- or WAV >> on Windows -- but is an extended format version that is not limited to the 4 >> GB maximum size and number of channels that AIFF and WAV support.) >> >> If you have Amadeus Pro, you can simply open these files with that >> application and convert to AIFF or other format. For example, if you want >> to create a ringtone from the "Cell Phone Ringing.caf" file or "Old >> Telephone Ring.caf" file in the "Work - Home" folder, use the contextual >> menu (VO-Shift-M) to open the file with Amadeus Pro, then select all >> (Command-A) and choose the "Export as iPhone Ringtone…" option from the FIle >> menu on the menu bar (VO-M to menu bar, press "F" to go to "File", arrow >> down and press "E" to go to "Export as iPhone Ringtone…", press return). >> The sound clip will show up under your iTunes Ringtones. (You might want to >> edit the name to remove the .caf extension). > > To get back to Jody's original thread, there are some Klaxon sirens under > Transportation, and weirder warp drive alarms and space ship sirens under > Sci-Fi. Plus, there are a lot of neat Foley effects. > > For new Mac users who have not purchased the iLife suite of apps -- you might > want to hold off on this, because the rumor is that Apple is about to release > a new version (iLife '11) in the next few weeks. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Sep 12, 2010, Jody W Ianuzzi wrote: > >> I was looking for an app that would play a doorbell so I could use it in dog >> training. I found a FREE app called Alarms and sirens. Imention it >> because it is accessible with Voice Over. it has a dozen or so sounds >> including doorbell, police siren, emergency siren, back up alarm and a space >> alert siren. >> >> It is just a fun sounds app but it does work with VO. >> >> OH, and my dog was not fooled by the doorbell sound from the phone. <GRIN> >> >> JODY > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
