Anyone know a super easy .mp3 cutter?

I am looking for a super easy app for cutting .mp3 files, and setup fadeout at the end. Like Ringer, but this is for ringtones. plus the time is limited and I can't export mp3 files with it. But you get the idea. It's really easy to use.

Audacity, Garageband are way too complicated and big. Any tips?

You should try QuickTime :

1. Open the file in QuickTime
2. ⌘T (or the last item of the Edit menu, I don't know how it's called in English)
3. Frame the part you want with the yellow control
4. Click the yellow button
5. Save and you're done !

Edit : In order to fade out, this software seems to be the solution (but I didn't try it myself).

I know you said that Audacity is too complex, and I agree that the interface is both overwhelming and difficult to figure out.

That said, trimming and fading out an audio file in the app is actually very straightforward and you get a lot of additional power that's still easy to use (see the bit I added on normalizing down at the end). Here's my walkthrough:

Open the File

Select the Area to Keep

Just drag the cursor across the waveform area. Press the spacebar to play/pause, or click the waveform at any spot and press the spacebar to play from there.

(Instead of selecting the "keep" area and trimming you can select the areas to remove and just hid the Delete key.)

Select Trim from the Edit Menu

Or press CmdT

The trimmed file:

Select the Area to Fade

Select Fade from the Effects Menu

The now-faded result:

Export as MP3

Choose mp3:

Edit or enter file metadata:

Done!

Normalizing the Audio

Because you're in a more powerful editing app, you could also take a moment to Normalize the file. This brings the audio levels up to "full", meaning the file is as loud as it can be without clipping or distorting anything.

Normalizing is generally great for podcasts and other spoken tracks, though isn't always recommended for music (sometimes the fact that it's quiet is intentional).

Here's how to normalize it while it's still open:

Select the Track

CmdA for Select All is quick, or just double-click the waveform area.

Choose Normalize from the Effects Menu

Use the default settings:

The resulting normalized audio:

You can trim it in iTunes, albeit not quite as graphically as other programs.

1. Click to select the MP3 file in iTunes
2. File → Get Info (or Cmd-I)
3. "Options" tab
4. Choose the Start Time and End Time -- you may need to test this out a few times
5. Advanced → Create MP3/AAC version

(For Step 5, whether it's MP3 or AAC depends on your import settings. This is under iTunes preferences → General → Import Settings.)

Audacity works well.