How to make your own MP3 Ringtone
In this tutorial, We will guide you in the step by step process for making your own MP3 ringtones.
Tools you need:
* Cell phone that support MP3 ringtones.
* Music CD or MP3 Music File
* Any method of transferring the ringtones from computer to phone (USB,
Bluetooth, e-mail, instant message, etc.)
* Audacity v1.3 beta
* Lame v3.96.1
* MP3 Converter (to convert audio cd file to mp3 format)
Instructions:
If you plan to create your MP3 ringtones from a CD, rip the song you want as a WAV
(Windows) or an AIFF file (Mac). It's a good idea to specify a new ripping
location, too, so the ripped song wont be mixed up with the rest of your
collection. But if you're creating your ringtones from an MP3 song, you
may want to copy that MP3 song into a new folder so that when we edit the MP3 the
audio-editing software won't messed up your original MP3 song.
Now, If you don't have any of the above mentioned audio file types you can use
your own Audio CD. But, you will need to
use a separate software to convert them to MP3, Wave or AIFF. You can also download MP3 songs from the following sites: Top 25 MP3, Music Sites.Net or Sinoa MP3 Music .
Once you have chosen the song to edit and converted it to our desired digital
music format (whether WAV, AIFF or MP3), run your audio-editing software. In
this case we will be using Audacity, it is free, open source and runs on both
Mac and PC. If you don't have Audacity you can download a copy of the file here http://audacity.sourceforge.net/.
Audacity Version 1.3 Beta
Also Audacity needs another separate program (actually its called library) for
MP3 compression. We will be using Lame, LAME is an MPEG Audio Layer III (MP3) encoder, you can download Lame Library
here http://lame.sourceforge.net/index.php . Once your download is complete you need to decompressed the file.
Please take note where you decompressed the file.
So once you have all the tools we need, let's start!
Run Audacity, go to Edit/Preferences/File Format menu, and click the "Find
Library" button near the bottom of the screen. Navigate to the folder where you
decompressed the Lame Library File, and select it. Also set your bit rate to 128 Kbps. You can
choose a lower bit rate to save space on your phone, but you'll get
lower-quality sound.
Now continue with Audacity, in Audacity's File menu, select Open and find the
music you want to create for your MP3 ringtone. It might take some time for Audacity to import your
music depending on its size, the location and the speed of your
computer. Just be patient!
Once the importing is done, you will see your music laid out from left to right. Click
and drag your mouse around until
you find the section you want for your MP3 ringtone. You can listen to your
selection by pressing the spacebar, just play around until you find the part
that you want to make as your MP3 ringtone. You're looking for a phrase of
10 to 15 seconds or so. Once you found what you want for your MP3 ringtone you now
go to "File" Menu and click on "Export selection as MP3".
Audacity comes with several effects; to try them out, leave the ringtone
selected in the Audacity window, and then select anything in the Effect menu.Adding these effects is a matter of taste, but I figure it adds a bit of spice
to the ringtone and makes it more of an individual statement.
So once all is set and you've finalize your mp3 ringtone, it's time to transfer the ringtone onto your phone. The easiest way to do
this is with Bluetooth, assuming you have already paired your computer and cell
phone. If your phone came with a USB connection, use that; otherwise, try
e-mailing or texting it as an attachment. Put the mp3 ringtone file into the Audio
folder if your phone has one, and then select the new ringtone in your Tools or
Options menu. Each brand of phones has a separate way of adding or selecting new
ringtones, but this tutorial does not cover that.
So that's it! I hope you enjoy your new MP3 Ringtone!
If this tutorial have helped you in anyway please let me know by emailing me, or if you have some questions, suggestions or comments regarding some details please don't hesitate to contact me. My email address is rexm(atsign)digitelone.com.(please replace "(at sign)" with @ like sample@sample.com when you send your email). I would love to improve this tutorial with your help.
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