How to Compose Cellular Ringtones
- 1). Download the free media editing software called Audacity from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/, if you don't already have a music editing software installed. This will enable you to listen and edit the song on your computer. You will only want a 15 second snippet of the song so choose the appropriate section. Change the settings of the song to be 8000 Hz,16 bit sample, and mono .
- 2). Export the song section as a mp3 file. You will have to download a LAME software program that will encode the song in the mp3 format so it can be exported. You can find the download here: http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/, if you don't have it. When you export the file make sure you remember where you file it.
- 3). Open your email program and send your cell phone a message. The address is usually your cellphone number (no dashes)@vzpix.com, for Verizon, or @mms.att.net for AT&T, @messaging.sprintpcs.com for Sprint, and @tmomail.net for T-Mobile. Use the attachment option and attach the mp3 file you just filed. Click send to send it to your cell phone.
- 4). Open the message on your cell phone when it rings and save it as a ringtone. Now you can listen to your own song section as a ringtone that no one else has on their phone.