How to Make Custom Ringtones for a Windows Phone
Windows Phone may not be as popular as the iPhone or Galaxy phones, but the smartphone offers a lot of features that smart-phone lovers simply cannot resist. One of these many features is the option to keep a custom ringtone. Who does not want people to know which song they are currently in love with? Having a great custom ringtone can make you really standout in your class or office, especially when you are surrounded by people who actually appreciate good music. Fortunately, the process of making custom ringtones is not a very complicated one.
Instructions
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The first thing you need to do is to understand that there are certain requirements that should be kept in mind while making custom ringtones for a Windows phone. Firstly, you need to have Microsoft’s Zune software installed on your system. If you have been using a Windows phone for quite some time, then you probably have it installed already. Secondly, the length of the custom ringtone cannot be longer than 39 seconds. If it exceeds this limit by even one megabyte, the ringtone will not work. Thirdly, you cannot use music with DRM (Digital Rights Management) embedded into it for your ringtone.
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Once you are clear about the aforementioned requirements, start with the process of making a custom ringtone by downloading and installing an audio editing software onto your computer. Audacity is a popular choice among users and the best part is that you can download it for free.
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Once you have downloaded and installed an audio editing software such as Audacity on your computer, launch it and locate the music file that you wish to use for your custom ringtone. The programme will display the visual of the music. Simply highlight the part of the music that you want to set as your ringtone and delete the rest of the music. This will give you a 39-second loop of your selected track. Save the file as WMA before importing it to your Zune software.
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After importing the edited music file to the Zune music collection, right-click on the music file in the Zune music library and select “Edit” from the context menu. You will see a new window named “Edit Song Info” open. Click on the drop-down menu under the heading of “Genre” and select the ringtone option from there. Click “Save” to save the edited music file as a ringtone.
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Connect your Windows Phone to your computer through a USB cable and drag the ringtone file from the hard disk to your phone.
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Set the custom ringtone on your Windows Phone by going into the “Settings” menu, selecting “Ringtones and Sounds” option and selecting the custom ringtone you just created from the list.
