In the upper third of your screen, you will see "Select media". This area works like Windows® Explorer on your computer. You can use it to search for sound files or MP3s on your hard drive. You can also choose a CD track as the source for your ringtone.
Simply place a CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive and click on the "CD/DVD" button to choose which song you'd like to turn into a ringtone. The five buttons make it easy to search through your computer's drive(s) to find and load new titles.
Click on a file to listen to it. To load an audio file into the Arranger (the lower portion of your screen) and to edit it, you have several options:
Press the "Enter" key, or double-click on the corresponding audio file to automatically place it into the Arranger. Another option is the "Add media" button. (If there is not yet a sound, music part or loop selected, the "Audio Import Dialog" opens.)
Finally, you can also drag & drop the song into the Arranger. In case this method is new to you, it just means you use your left mouse button to click on the sound file and then drag it, while holding down the left mouse button, into the Arranger (the middle of the FreeRingtoneMaker screen) and then release the mouse button.
2. Edit Ringtone
In the middle area of your screen you'll see "Edit ringtone". Here you'll find a four-track arrangement window in which you can, as described above, import your songs, loops and audio files.
Enter the length of your ringtone in the bar above the four tracks. Easily change the length: A left-click on the bar allows you to set the starting point of your ringtone. A right-click allows you to set the end point. The chosen portion is now blue and will be played in a loop. To play it back, click on the Play button or press the space bar on your keyboard.
Note: Ringtones over 60 seconds long can lead to problems on some cell phones. So try not to make your ringtone too long.
You can also layer various tracks in the arrangement, fill all four tracks with music, sounds, and more, and then mix down the tracks. After all, that's why MAGIX equipped ringtone maker with four tracks. It functions as follows:
All four tracks will be mixed together. The volume level of each track can be separately adjusted using the fader on each track. Just like the pros do it!
Once you have all loops sounding like you want, simulate the sound of your ringtone – you will hear what it would sound like on your cell phone.
If that's not enough, check this out: For each and every audio object you can access an effects menu by right-clicking on the object. Underneath it are several common audio effects with which you can warp, distort, and filter your ringtone's sound.
3. Loading ringtones onto your cell phone
Once you're happy with your new ringtone, you just need to export it in the relevant format for your cell phone and to upload it.
Before exporting your ringtone, go to "Create ringtone" to select the ringtone format into which it should be converted so it works on your cell phone. For Real Music ringtones, you can select from "MP3", "WAV", "ADPCM", "SMAF" or "WMA".
At this point, it is important to know which ringtone formats are supported by your cell phone. A list of cell phone models and their respective supported ringtone formats can be seen by pressing the "Info" button.
This is where you can see exactly which formats are supported by your cell phone. Use the "Update" button to check the latest version of the list. We will add all new cell phones to this list as they become available.
Note: With FreeRingtoneMaker you can produce as many ringtones as you'd like. You can, however, only export 20 in MP3 format.
Tip: If your cell phone supports multiple formats, feel free to try out a few formats to find out which one sounds best.
