How To Make MP3 Mobile Ringtones With Audacity
A couple of days back, after surviving an accident, my girlfriend’s father decided to cheer me up by giving me his very nice Sony Ericsson K750i mobile phone. This gave me the opportunity to learn how to make MP3 ringtones - and it made me realise it’s not as difficult as I thought. All you need is your desired MP3, Audacity and the mobile phone software to transfer the MP3 to your phone.
Audacity is used to cut the MP3 down. Your average MP3 is around 3 minutes in length and is around 3 megabytes in size. There’s no need to have the whole MP3 on your phone as your ringtone as you’re not going to let the phone ring that long are you? So I used Audacity to cut the MP3 down to the first minute in length and 1 megabyte in size only. In doing so, I saved myself some space on the phone and since I normally pick up the call after the first few rings, I still have my nice cool ringtone.
So here’s how to edit your MP3 using Audacity. Being a bit of a geek, I wanted to make a Star Wars ringtone so this is what I did (Star Trek The Next Generation is next!)
After opening Audacity, open the MP3 file you want to edit :
Next, go to Edit-Select-Start To Cursor
Then from the beginning, drag your cursor along until you highlight the amount of the file you want as your ringtone. I chose the first 60 seconds. You may want more, you may want less. But be honest, when your phone rings, how long do you wait before you pick up? Do you really need more than 60 seconds? Will the caller wait longer than 60 seconds? I don’t think so.
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