Free Ringtones | Ringtone | Cell Phone

You May think you have access to all the ringtones you need through your service provider. Well, think again. A third party provider ensures you are getting the latest ringtones none of your friends have. Besides that, your cell service provider charges you an arm and a leg. Why would you pay for ringtones when you can get them 100% free.

So You Think You Want To Make Your Own Ringtones

Here are a couple of ways of doing it. The first one requires that you have Quicktime Pro installed. All you need are 2 programs, Quicktime Pro, and Mp3Trim. You can download mp3Trim from http://www.mptrim.com/mpTrim.zip.

To create your own free ringtones with AAC files, first open any MP3 which you want to make as a ringer in the mp3Trim program, and use the "How much do you want to trim" section to pick which part of the file you want to make as a ringtone. Use the Frame tab if you want to start the ringtone at an exact moment. Now, where it says "From the end", make sure to use the UP arrow when you find the end of the ringtone, and not press the down by mistake. It will reset the starting time if you do. On the same section, there is a little timer which shows how long the file will be. Keep in mind that the ringtone should be under 30 seconds, because after that, it will go to voicemail.

Once you have picked out the part you would like as your free ringtone, click on "Save As" and save the file on your desktop. This program also has a volume control so if you find your files are too low, you can make it louder. Now, there is also a fade option so you can fade out the end of the ringtone just in case.

Once you have the file saved on your desktop, open up Quicktime Pro, and goto File -> Export. In the drop down option titled "Export:", make sure you select Movie to MPEG-4, and click on Options....Once you do that, under the dropdown, select Audio, and make sure Audio Track is set as "Music", and and set the slider for the kbits/second to 24. Under channel, set it to "Mono", and Output Sample Rate to 22.050kHz. Now, set the Encoding Quality to "Best". Click on OK, and click on Save. This will save your file on your desktop.

Now, you have a (filename).mp4 file. Make sure to remove all the spaces in the file name, and rename the extention from mp4 to m4a. If you can not see the extentions, you need to enable that in your windows folder options.

You now have an AAC-endcoded file, and can upload it by using various AAC uploaders such as the SprintUsers.Com Focus to