Create WAV ringtones in easy steps

[Guest casper508]

First of all my appologies if this has already been published.

Now lets take it a step at a time:

STEP 1

Download MP3 cutter from :

http://www.cooolsoft.com/mp3cut.htm

The above is a free trial which can cut upto 60 secs , more than enough for a ringtone.

The software lets you select the start and end points of an MP3 and lets you save it as a WAV. Just one problem, a 10 sec WAV is about 1.5-2Mb!!!

STEP 2

Download Droopy eyes Wave Compressor from :

http://asia.cnet.com/downloads/pc/swinfo/0...9028818s,00.htm

This is totally FREE.

Select the WAV you created in step 1 and use the following compression settings:

PCM

8.000 Khz, 16bit Mono

This compresses the WAV to about 150-175kb (10 sec) without too much loss of quality. (Play around with the settings for better quality)

STEP 3

Save the WAV file to

mysmartphone -> IPSM -> Application Data -> Sounds

If Sounds folder does not exist then create it.

STEP 4

On the phone, goto Programs -> Settings - > Sounds -> Ring tone for line 1. Press action and choose the file which you just saved in step 3.

Thats it !

GOOD LUCK !!

P.S. If anyone knows a better or shorter way of going it then plz share.

Cas

[Guest HelloDave]

Don't forget good 'ol sound recorder! It's free with pretty much every version of Windows since the dawn of time (well, since v3 anyway!) and although it can't load mp3's, it can edit and convert .wavs fine. Load your wav into sound recorder and then click file...properties where it will tell you the current sound format. To compress the file click "Convert now" and choose the format as PCM from the list for a normal ringtone; set attributes to what you think is best. I like 11KHz 8bit for speech or 22KHz for music tones. If you really want to squash the file choose "GSM 6.10" as the format but it must be at 8KHz to work (this is the format the SPV voice recorder uses) The quality won't be great though! Click OK to convert the file and then save it using "Save as..." - the save option doesn't seem to work for me.

[Guest casper508]

Tried that too. But crap quality.

[Guest HelloDave]

What was crap quality? Did you compress the files or save as PCM?

[Guest koppie]

Hi there,

Excuse the dumb question but I can't figure this one out.

I have a small WAV file (17kb) that I want to use as a ringtone. I have done as you said but it still doesn't work. When I select the WAV file as my ringtone it doesn't play the sound - instead it just plays the alarm2 sound?????? :evil:

I'd appreciate any help on this one!

Cheers :?:

[Guest casper508]

Try the following setting when compressing the WAV file.

FORMAT: PCM

Attributes: 8.000 Khz, 8 bit mono

And make sure the WAV is in the

mysmartphone -> IPSM -> Application Data -> Sounds folder

It should work.

Cas

[Guest koppie]

Cheers Cas :D

I had the wrong format! How do I convert MIDI's into a PCM format? The software I'm using (droopyeyes) doesn't allow this.

cheers :(

[Guest casper508]

Havent tried with MIDIs.

Search the forum. There are a few articles that explain that.

Cas

[Guest Thruk]

You could try searching for some MIDI to WAV converters. I've used WinGroove before: it's a bit creaky, but does the job.

[Guest Matt Whitfield]

If you can get hold of it, you'll find Sound Forge from Sonic Factory is about a million times better than anything else for creating WAV files for the SPV and does everything you need (sequence cutting, compression and format changing, effects, etc). It is fairly complicated, but it's fairly obvious what you need to do if you play around with it for a while. The results should be worth it tho, with a bit of practice, as the volume ramping features are very good.

[Guest Gunslinger]

I use DBpoweramp to convert MP3 into wav or to compress wav in to a compatible and small file. It is relatively easy to convert or compress the wav.

[Guest Ste]

I used Cool Edit to do mine. You can get the demo from http://www.cooledit.com. It really is a great program. You load up the song you want (doesn't matter which format) then just choose where you want your ring tone to start and stop. Then just create the perfect loop which is about 6 clicks of the mouse button and then convert it.

It really is a lot faster than it sounds.

Edit- this is an old one ;) Removed the filesharing reference, keep the site clean please --Mono

[Guest v_patel1]

MJ studio is good, you can record your mp3s to wav. and mix thm, thn convert it to a smaller wav. file by droppy eyes

[Guest mobillars]

You could just use winamp with output set as diskwriter, where you can configure what quality it should be in, works for me.

[Guest Roadster]

I use sound edit 16 version 2 from macromedia.

I find it can handle pretty much any formats for editing (fading in out etc. add noise reduce noise etc. etc.)

Then if you really want to get a good compressed file and have loads of options while ya doin it, then get ya hands on Cleaner 6 (although any of the recent versions a pretty good)