Ringtone query
Okay, all you techies out there, here’s a plea for help:
I want to customize my cell phone ringtone. I have a particular piece in mind, but not only can’t I find it on those “Free ringtones!!” sites, but I wouldn’t trust downloading something from those places anyway.
So, what do I do? I hear there’s a way.
I’d like this to be my ringtone: Handel’s Concerto Grossi opus 6 # 10 in D minor (allegro). I’ve already got it in my iTunes library and on my trusty ipod but so what? How do I transition it into a cell phone ring? My phone is a Samsung “Mesmerize” Android.
Here’s the music, by the way—and thanks in advance to everyone who tries to help this technically-challenged blogger, yours truly:
I don’t know if you have a mac or a pc, but this link will allow you to see videos for both, showing how to get a ringtone out of iTunes into an Android phone.
Well, there is this. Now, I would guess you might want to look at the program and see if it is what you want. If not, look around at competitors. There might even be a free one (if, as you suggest, you take risks with free). There might even be a paid one that offers a free trial period, very good if you want just one ringtone made. Check carefully, the possibility that the ringtone becomes non-functional when the trial period ends might exist. Just some thoughts.
You’ll have to tell us what you found to work. I like keeping notes on such things.
I’d suggest you install Audacity, a free, open-source audio recording/editing program. I’ve installed it both on PCs and on my iMac.
You can import the music file, then cut out the parts before and after the part you want to use as a ringtone. You can even copy and paste segments and then splice them together to produce a repeating musical pattern (I did that with the guitar intro to George Harrison’s “What is Life” )
After you’re finished editing, Audacity will let you export to an mp3 file, which you can usually use as a ringtone. If your phone needs a different kind of audio file, there are lots of free online converters.
Good luck!
I would suggest you find the file in your iTunes folder and then email it to yourself. Open the email on your phone and download the file to your phone. Then you can select it as a ringtone. That’s not the only way to do it, but it doesn’t involve cables or Bluetooth or anything that might be tricky.
I’ve done this before. Follow these instructions:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/156234/turn_any_mp3_into_an_iphone_ringtone.html
Kevin: but does that only work for an iPhone? Will it work for an android like mine?
Mute Cypher has chosen well when selecting a name, Grasshopper. MC tells you that you are about to receive a link to a web site that will solve your problem and then, when it gets time to enlighten you, the writer is … well, not Mitt. Not Matt. Not Mete. Not Mott. Just mute.
Egads! Now I worry about falling into an idiot trap. Do you suppose that Mutecypher left the URL off intentionally to be, in fact, a mute cypher?
And, as for Android, I have a Sony Ericsson X10 Android which I got about a year ago. And I will say that when my laptop crapped out a few months ago the phone did fill in for the month it took me to get another computer. But aside from that I am just dumbstruck at the absolute rapacity of the application developers.
Why, for instance, does a voice recorder note taker program require access to my contacts and the capability to access the Internet whenever it chooses?
Almost any program, paid or free, to do anything, seems to require access to my entire life. Is there no limit to data avarice?
I’m about to get one of those Bakelite black dial phones and the spend my life seeking a place to plug it in. They’re also good for killing casual pickups as Joe Buck discovered in Midnight Cowboy.
I just listened to the piece. It sounds like a ring tone.
Nolanimrod: Here’s the link. Mutecypher was having trouble posting it and sent it to me in an email.
I think the piece is very beautiful and would make an excellent ringtone as well. It has a certain sense of urgency without conveying stress.
I downloaded the “Queen of the Night” aria to my Android. Then I made it my ringtone. Pretty distinctive.
I’m thinking about the twin peaks intro for a ringtone. Even unwanted calls from bill collectors have to be disarmed a little by that. 🙂
I **LIKE** that music…I’m a lover of Baroque music…I think partly because of my mathematical mind.
But isn’t 5 mins and 26 secs a bit long for a dial tone?
Sorry…in a silly mood tonight.
I second what Steve said – try Audacity.
Very nice music…. I’m waiting until the end before I “submit comment”, so I can hear all of it.
ta ta ta da da da …. and so on….waving hands like a conductor…. great, someone is clapping for my performance… thank you, thank you.
Hey, Merry Christmas, y’all!
I dont know how to get the music onto your phone but this makes for a perfect ringtone! Energetic, mixture of high and low frequencies, lovely….
All I can say is I hope you don’t wait for the entire piece to play before you answer your phone.
I listened of the music clearly for me it`s really nice, i like it! Excellent!