Music ringtones

by Marco Raaphorst

How to Get Free, Pro-Quality Ringtones for Your iPhone

If you’re getting fed up with buying new ringtones every time you upgrade your phone (not to mention paying over five bucks for a few second audio snippet, when you can get a whole song for .69!), you’ll be glad to know that if you have an iPhone, there is a simple way that you can make your own ringtones from any song, for free. Make as many as you like, using any recording for a ringtone … without paying a cent. Here’s how!
What you’ll need:
An iPhone – this method works with Apple products that sync with iTunesiTunes, current versionAn mp3 file that you want to make a ringtone from.Step by stepStart by opening iTunes and finding the song you want to use in your Library. If you’ve recently acquired the song, make sure you’ve added the song to your library!
If you bought a song from iTunes, the program recently included an option to automatically create a ringtone from your song. Simply right-click on the song (or Command-click if you’re using a Mac), and select ‘Create Ringtone’. A window will briefly pop up at the bottom of the iTunes screen, and the song will automatically appear in the ‘Ringtones’ folder. You simply have to sync your iPhone or drag the file across manually.If your song comes from a CD, iTunes will tell you off (*bong!*), and let you know that only songs purchased from the iTunes store can be converted to ringtones. You can safely ignore that – simply follow these steps.
Right click on the song you have chosen, and go to Get Info.Click on the Options tab in the dialogue boxIn the Start and Stop time fields, choose the points in the song where you want your ringtone to begin and end. You have a maximum of 40 seconds for iPhone ringtones. To make it easier for yourself, highlight each number individually and edit it. This saves formatting problems with the time field.Click OK – you’ll be returned to your music library. Don’t worry, you haven’t chopped off the end of your song – the stop time change is fully reversible.Right click on the song again, and choose ‘Create AAC version’.A new version of the song should pop up underneath the original – you can now change the start and stop time back to what they were originally in your mp3 track. If you’ve forgotten, just check it out in the library – iTunes won’t have changed the track time. Set the start to zero and the end to one second after what iTunes say, to allow for the program rounding track times down.Right click on your AAC version and hit ‘Show in windows Explorer’, or ‘Finder’ if you’re on a Mac.If you don’t get this option, navigate to your iTunes library in Windows Explorer and find you AAC file.Right click to rename the file – change the extension from .m4a to .m4r. Windows will give you a Dad-style lecture about making the file unstable – it is safe to ignore this message, it is a generic one that pops up for file extension changes.Go back to iTunes and delete that AAC version.Import your new .m4r version into the library, and either sync your iPhone or manually drag and drop the file into the Ringtones section of your iPhone.Voila! Personalised iPhone ringtones for free.Remember that if you are experiencing trouble (or if Apple finds a way to undo this capability in the future!), that you can always have the software automatically create a ringtone from any song that you purchase from the iTunes store. Ringtones from the back of a magazine might cost you several dollars; you can get a whole song from the iTunes Store for .69 to use as a ringtone.

How To Find Free US Cellular Ringtones

When real music ringtones started to become available, one of the nicest benefits was that people could enjoy really great sound quality and could utilize just about any file format of music. For those who are die-hard music lovers, as well as for people who just enjoy a better quality of sound, the improvements in technology have been welcomed, as have the many free US cellular ringtones from which people can now choose.

The cool thing about the huge selection of cellular ringtones these days is that a great many of the websites are offering free cell ringtones. That’s right! Completely free mobile ringtones with no strings attached. The companies that offer these free downloadable ringtones are usually covered with all kinds of advertising on their websites and they hope that you will click on their ads so that they can make some money from your visit.

However, clicking on the ads on these sites is not mandatory and the cellular phone ringtone variety to choose from on some of these sites is really amazing. Some people get so excited about the many free US cellular ringtones that they can choose from that they spend hours and hours listening to samples and downloading more free cell ringtones than they can probably even fit on their phone.

On these sites that offer the free cell ringtones, you will be able to choose from an enormous offering of real music ringtones that cover many genres, such as rock, pop, rap, and jazz. There are even Christian ringtones with inspirational music, or you could download a ring tone of a stand up comedian telling jokes. Once you choose the ring tone you want, download it to your computer or to your cellphone and then use it for your personal ringtone.

You can also use these free ringtones to help you identify who is calling you. Many people don’t even realize they have this function on their cell phone. Almost all of the newer cell phones allow you to program the phone book that is in your phone so that when a specific person calls, as long as it is from a number that is listed in your phone book, the caller ringtone that you have assigned to that person will be activated.

A lot of people have a great deal of fun assigning funny caller ringtones to the phone book listing of different friends or family members. The best thing about using this feature is that you will know exactly who is calling you even if you don’t look at your phone. Downloading lots of free ringtones to your cell will give you plenty of choices and will let you give everyone in your phone book their own distinctive cellular phone ringtone.

There are some websites that advertise that they have free US cellular ringtones for you to download, but in reality they make you pay for credits or points. Sometimes they will give you a few points just for filling out their form with your email address. Usually that will give you one or two free downloadable ringtones, but if you want more than that you will have to buy additional credits.

This video will show you how to get free ringtones on your enV3. It’s very simple and the ringtones are free. Link for Switch File Sound Converter: download.cnet.com Please comment, rate, and subscribe. Any questions? Just post it in the comments. NOTE: If you don’t have an SD card/reader for any reason and want the ringtone the link is below. Website: freeringtones4me.webs.com

by jpchan

How To Find The Best Ringtones

Ringtones originally were a take-what-you-get feature associated with the purchase of a new cell phone. Currently, phones come with an assortment of built-in ring tones, with capabilities to store countless more.

Cell phones have become an extension of our individual persona, and as such are a billboard of self expression. Just as someone might decorate their home for individual national holidays, so will they upload ringtones appropriate for certain times of the year. Accordingly, cell phone providers offer music fitting for a particular holiday on their websites.

With popular services such as the iTunes online store, any Top 40 pop song can become a personal ringtone for .98. In addition, when a song is downloaded from iTunes to be used as a ringtone, it can be also be stored on a PC as an mp3, eliminating the need to pay for the song twice.

Cell phone providers also occasionally offer ringtones based on the demographic of the cell phone network area. A cell phone company in the southern U.S. such as Southernlinc might offer songs popular for that region. One such song, (featured by Southernlinc) is ‘A Country Boy Can Survive’ by Hank Williams. With Southernlinc songs are .49/per download unless on sale. Most songs downloaded for use as a ringtone typically cost $.99/per song and up. Sprint PCS has a wide ranging variety of songs organized in a vast catalog, and are available to purchase for .50/per song.

Another useful feature offered by several websites are programs with the ability to assist you in composing an original score for your phone. In addition, with the current integration of technology between prime time T.V. shows and corporate television websites online gives cell phone users the ability to download the theme song from a particularly well loved show.

Many cell phone ringtones are available to download for free from various commercial and independently owned websites. Every cell phone provider offers a link to download ringtones on the providers’ website. Some cell phone companies contract with specific artists to feature current albums or popular newly released songs. For example, Verizon Wireless currently features artists such as PHISH, Led Zeppelin, and Belinda Carlisle.

T Mobile has several options to purchase for use as a ringtones listed in four categories: MegaTones, HiFi Ringers, CallerTunes, and Voices & Sounds. MegaTones offer variations of current favorite songs arranged with instruments while HiFi Ringers feature snippets of songs by popular artists. CallerTunes and Voices & Sounds offer options offering songs “of your choice”, or “sound effects, celebrity voices, and more.”

AT&T hosts a Media Mall on its website offering a plethora of musical ringtone options, featuring mostly popular Top 40 songs under the Music Tones option. Under the voice tones option one can choose “voice tones” with celebrities such as Erik Estrada telling you to pick up the phone. “Holiday Fun” is another tab under the Music Tones tab, offering Independence Day and Christmas songs. Under “Celebrity Ringers”, choosing a clip is merely a decision between which South Park and Larry the Cable Guy episode has your favorite sound clip. There are also several unique sound effects to choose from, such as a door creaking open and a crowd cheering. Each musical song chosen for purchase as a ringtone through AT&T costs .49/per song, while voice tones, sound effects, and polyphonic sounds cost .99/each.

Cricket offers a service called “Ringback Tones”, which offers a catalog brimming with options. Music can be bought for a ringtone at an average price of .99/per song, with an expiration date of six months, which is a stand alone feature of Cricket. The catalog options with Cricket however, are more varied than competing cell phone companies; the catalog boasts 14 categories alone from which to choose your ringtone. Among the 14 are: “What’s Hot”, “Top 10″, “Urban”, “Country”, “Comedy”. “Movies/TV”, and “Sports”.

The options for cell phone ringtones are endless. Songs can easily be purchased through the individual cell phone retailer or on any number of websites on the Internet. Your ringtone can represent your personality playing your favorite hit song every time the phone “rings”, or your favorite the time of year through seasonal song. Whichever you choose, your options are as multi-faceted as you.

*not responsible for prices quoted as they constantly change.

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