Custom Ringtone Tutorial

[aximilation]

This tutorial is geared toward the SP5m, aka SDA/2125, but should work with most smartphones, you may have to find a different location for the rigtones, but other than that, it's all the same.

1. Download and install Audacity:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

2. Download this file and place it in the Audacity folder:
http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dl...shtml?lame_enc
(You will need to unzip this file) This file is to create your tones as mp3s, they are compressed to be smaller than wav files by ~ a factor of ten.

3. Open Audacity

4. Click Project > Import audio - OR push Ctrl+I

5. Select the file you wish to cut up for a ringtone.

6. Use the mouse to select the part of the song you want to use. (play the song and find the right part)

7. Once you have selected the section you like, play it to make sure you like the section.

8. Click Edit> Trim OR Ctrl+T. This cuts off the rest of the file.
8b. If you want to make any of the song fade out or in, select the part in question and selecte Effect > Cross fade out (or in).

9. Click File>Export Selection as MP3. Audacity will ask you for the file you downloaded as the LAME encoder. Locate it in the Audacity folder where you placed it.

10. Save your MP3 file somewhere temporary.

11. Connect your phone, open ActiveSync, and click the Explore Device button.

12. Navigate to My Windows Mobile Based Device / Applacation Data / Sounds

13. Copy your newly created ringtone into this folder. The filename you use is the title in the sounds selector.

Note, use small files as much as possible, even if you use a mini SD card for storage because audio files can quickly take up your memory.

Congrats, you made your custom ringtone.

If you have any comments regarding other models of phone, reply below.

[aximilation]

This tutorial is geared toward the SP5m, aka SDA/2125, but should work with most smartphones, you may have to find a different location for the rigtones, but other than that, it's all the same.

1. Download and install Audacity:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

2. Download this file and place it in the Audacity folder:
http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dl...shtml?lame_enc
(You will need to unzip this file) This file is to create your tones as mp3s, they are compressed to be smaller than wav files by ~ a factor of ten.

3. Open Audacity

4. Click Project > Import audio - OR push Ctrl+I

5. Select the file you wish to cut up for a ringtone.

6. Use the mouse to select the part of the song you want to use. (play the song and find the right part)

7. Once you have selected the section you like, play it to make sure you like the section.

8. Click Edit> Trim OR Ctrl+T. This cuts off the rest of the file.
8b. If you want to make any of the song fade out or in, select the part in question and selecte Effect > Cross fade out (or in).

9. Click File>Export Selection as MP3. Audacity will ask you for the file you downloaded as the LAME encoder. Locate it in the Audacity folder where you placed it.

10. Save your MP3 file somewhere temporary.

11. Connect your phone, open ActiveSync, and click the Explore Device button.

12. Navigate to My Windows Mobile Based Device / Applacation Data / Sounds

13. Copy your newly created ringtone into this folder. The filename you use is the title in the sounds selector.

Note, use small files as much as possible, even if you use a mini SD card for storage because audio files can quickly take up your memory.

Congrats, you made your custom ringtone.

If you have any comments regarding other models of phone, reply below.

[kcwester]

Thank you for posting this, however your direction 2 has a bad link. Would you check this please.

[aximilation]

Hey, I don't know what happened there, but it seems fine now. Sorry about that!
If there are any other problems with that link, google "lame_enc.dll" - That's the file you need.

[freedomDH]

That's a good tutorial. But if you want a custom ringtone and don't want to go through all that work, you can just go to ownyourphone.com. They give you a free one when you sign up, and making new ringtones takes about 1.5 minutes once you get the hang of it (if you have a fast internet connection). Audacity is cool and very powerful, but for making custom ringtones, I found OwnYourPhone is a good way to go. The owners are pretty cool too. (I know the guy who runs it.) They are one of the few ringtone companies that aren't going to screw you by signing you up for a subscription or something. Just a straight $1.50 per tone, or 5 for $5.99.

Keep up the good work,
Freedom