There are hundreds, if not thousands, of different places to purchase ringtones for your mobile phone, but after buying a few, you will realize exactly how quick those charges can add up. Fortunately, it is possible to make your own ringtones from the music you already own, and the only investment you will need to make is time. By following the instructions below, you will learn make your own ringtone on your Mac or PC.
Instructions
1. Ensure that your phone and service provider support the use of external ringtones. Some service providers lock their phones in order to force the use of ringtones that they provide.
2. Research the type of ringtone that your phone can accept. Many phones support the MP3 format, but others may support formats such as WAV, WMA or a number of other formats.
3. Locate the music file you would like to convert to a ringtone. If the piece of music is on CD, you will need to rip the track to your computer first.
4. Open the music file in a sound editing application. While the software that comes with Windows or OSX may work in a pinch, a more powerful sound editor will make the job easier. If you do not have such a program, the free, open-source Audacity will do the job. It is available for Mac OSX, Windows and Linux.
5. Select the portion of the song you would like as your ringtone. In many editors, this is as simple as clicking at the start of the portion and dragging the cursor to the end of the sample. Most phones require the ringtone to be twenty seconds or less.
6. Crop the file to the selected portion, or copy the section and paste it as a new file into the “Edit” menu of your program. If you crop the file, be sure to save it with a different name than the original file.
7. Export or save the file to the format that your phone requires. In many programs, you can adjust the bit rate, sample rate and the number of channels for the saved file. If your phone will not accept the transfer at first, and the clip is not too long for the phone, try reducing these settings. The sound quality of the ringtone will be reduced, but the file size will also be reduced, possibly allowing it to fit on your phone. The first setting to change should be the number of channels. Because most phones do not support stereo output, making the ringtone mono will do little to the quality of the file, but it will dramatically reduce the file size.
8. Transfer the resulting file to your phone. This can be done in several ways. If your phone supports email attachments, simply mail it to yourself. If your computer and phone both have Bluetooth, you may be able to transfer the file wirelessly. Finally, you could purchase the data cord for your phone, allowing you to transfer the ringtone directly from your Mac or PC to your phone.
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