Import partial songs

Hi,
Is it possible to import only the first 1 minute of every track in a CD using iTunes? When I look under Preferences>General>Import Settings, there is no such option available.
Are there other software that can do this? I've found one (CDex) which can do a partial RIP, but I'd need to specify the start/end time for each track. It would be nice if there's a software that can rip-the-first-1-minute-of-every-song-in-the-CD.
Thanks!

As in CDex, it is track by track. When the CD displays the CD track titles, right-click the track of interest, click Get Info, and go to the Options tab. Set the Start and Stop times where you want them. In your example, you would leave the Start time alone, and set the Stop time to 1:00. OK out. When you do the rip, only the selected part will be in the new file.

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