How to download ringtones into a Razr?

"MikeSp" <mspurgeon5@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:aJidnYUWdJp7RD3eRVn-jw@comcast.com...
> Am new to the Razr and desire some ringtones that are not available from
> T-mobile--how is it possible to download ringtones into the Razr from
> other sources, either other pay Sites or those ringtones that I downloaded
> into my computer?
>
> MikeSp

I just subscribed to this Newsgroup after spending a day with a new V3.
Maybe this is covered in the group's FAQ - I'll have to search later. And
there is probably somebody someplace that has refined a better method but
here's what I have done in a nutshell.

Get Mobile Phone Tools and a data cable... you can "roll your own" sound
file and transfer the file to your phone. I've been messing with my wife's
new V3 for a day and I've gotten pretty good at editing artist's real songs
for ringtones. I'm sure this is a violation of copyright laws in some way,
but hey....

You need a sound editor (I use Goldwave) and a good mp3 encoder (LAME)
placed in the System folder.

I open the actual song in Goldwave, trim any unwanted stuff like intro drum
beats, etc. Then I find where I want the song/ringtone to end. For
ringtones, whole songs are a no-no because of the file size. I pick a point
about 20 or 30 seconds from where I want the sound to start. Delete it from
there to the end. Use the "fadeout" effect for the last second or two of
the finished tone so that it doesn't have an abrupt ending.

For the V3, I found that it helps the quality of a song if you decrease the
volume and treble of the recording slightly... trial and error here. I still
need to experiment more. Goldwave will do this, by changing the "Volume
Setting". Then open the Equalizer effect and roll off the very high
frequency to smooth out the tinkley distortion that comes from that small
speaker.

Now you want to save it to your PC. You want the file as small as possible
and still have good fidelity that matches what that little speaker is
capable of. Overkill on the bitrate will just take up more memory. I
experimented a bit with different sound settings and the "MPEG Audio
Layer-3, 32000 Hz, 64 kbps, mono" selection seems to be a good balance
between size and quality for this purpose.

Now that the file is on your PC, you can use Mobile Phone Tools to transfer
that sound as a ringtone. I have found that the phone will accept only
monophonic (not stereo) recordings. Any mono bitrate that I have tried so
far will play, but like I said earlier... overkill at a higher setting just
uses more storage space and could possibly sound worse through that little
speaker.

I know this might be all gibberish to some who simply want to get ringtones
quick. I admit that there is a huge learning curve. I have been working
with sound files for a few years so that part comes naturally to me.
However, I have had mobile Phone Tools for less than a day and have figured
out the file transfer/phonebook stuff - not a bad utility... could be
better.

Total time for me right now to create (trim/edit) and transfer a ringtone is
about 3 or 4 minutes.

I'll be away from my PC for a week but when I get back I will search for
instructions on the web by someone more experienced than me to see if I can
learn more. Trial and error is tedius and that's what I have done so far.

If there are no instruction sites pertaining specifically to creating V3
ringtones, I may make a page after I learn more.

Sorry if this has been covered here ad nauseum... Like I said, my time is
short today and I haven't searched this group's archives.

I do like this phone ... I'll get one for myself soon. I live in a rural
area and was practically getting no reception from our two Samsung flippers.

Steve
glowingtubesathotmaildotcommmmmm