Hi, I'm writing this guide in hopes that someone will find it useful. This forum has been very useful in learning to use my xv6700 and I wanted to make something that might help others. So without further ado:

This how to guide is intended to show you how to create a custom ringtone from a current MP3 file you have. Now you could just put the MP3 file on your device and set it as a ringtone, but you would be hearing the beginning of the song and that may not be your favorite part. I will show you how to select the part of the MP3 you want, how to seperate it from the rest of the song, and the optimal way to convert it so that it both plays well and takes up as less memory as possible.


What you will need:
Audacity
RazorLame I included this free frontend for the LAME encoder in this post, or you can search google for RazorLame and LAME.
(You can skip installing RazorLame if you have another program set as the default MP3 player on your device instead of Windows Media Player; or if you cannot set mp3 files as ringtones)
A MP3 file of your choice


Install Audacity and extract RazorLame to the directory of your choice.


Open Audacity. Goto File -> Open and open your MP3. I choose Keep on Lovin' You by REO Speedwagon (my g/f's ringtone).




Play the file and select part of the song you want as your ringtone. I recommend something between 10-30 seconds. Any shorter and it will repeat itself, too long and you won't hear all of it and waste precious space on your device. Take note of where the selected part is by using the timeline directly above the blue line.


The part of my song that I wanted started at the 1:20 mark. Select everything before that mark and goto Edit -> Cut.




Now figure out where you want the ringtone to end. On my song, I only wanted the first 30 seconds. So select everything afterwards and do Edit -> Cut again.




Now you should only have the part of the song you want. Play it just to make sure. If you don't have it, start over.


This part is optional but I find it useful. Goto View -> Fit in Window. This will expand the current song to fill the window, making it easier to edit in the steps to come.




I like to add a little fade effect to the beginning and the end of the ringtone. It makes it sound better. To do this, select the first few seconds and goto Effect -> Fade In.




Do the same thing to the end, except use Fade Out instead.


Now you should have the ringtone with a nice fade effect. Now you must optimize the ringtone for the tiny speaker the 6700 has. Select the entire area and goto Effect -> High pass filter.




A dialog should pop up. If it's not there already, type in 1015.




You will see that the blue lines got alot smaller, reducing the highs and lows of the song. It may sound like crap out of your PC speakers, but on the phone's speaker it will make a huge diffrence. Now we can save the file. Goto File -> Export as Wav.


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The next step depends on if you can currently play MP3 files as ringtones on your device. If so, please follow the steps directly below. If not, scroll down to the section: 'If you cannot play MP3 files as ringtones on your device'.

Open Razorlame. Goto File -> Open and open your wav file that you made from Audacity (you can alternatly drag-n-drop into RazorLame).




Goto Edit -> LAME Options. Change the bitrate to 56kbit. This will do two things: sound better from your devices speaker & reduce file size. Press ok, then Actions -> Encode.

You should now have a 10-30 second ringtone that is optimized for clarity and file size. Simply put it in your devices Windows/Rings folder and your ready to go! Alternatly, if you want to use it for any event sounds other than ringtones please follow the directions below from your orginal .wav from Audacity.


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If you cannot play MP3 files as ringtones on your device: This can be for any reason, most likely you have another MP3 player on your device. We simply have to optimize the wav file from audacity. The easiest way I found to do this, without downloading an additional program, is to use Windows Sound Recorder (found in Start -> Accessories -> Entertainment).

Open Sound Recorder and open your ringtone's wav file. Goto File -> Properties. This window should pop up:



Select Playback from the pull-down menu, and click Convert Now...




I use the default Radio Quality option in the first pull-down menu. I feel it's the best balance between quality and file size. Feel free to play with this and find out what's right for you. Now all you have to do is drop it into your device's Window/Rings folder and your set! Alternatly, you can place it in the windows main directory if you want to use it for any event sounds other than ringtones.


I tried to be as detailed as possible, but I may have missed something. If you have any questions feel free to ask away. A quick note: if you find any of the menus in Audacity are greyed out, try pressing the stop button. It won't let you edit things while paused or playing.

Attached Files

RazorLame.zip (937.8 KB, 121 views)

Nice write-up, thanks!!

Thanks, Iwould like to try this. But my question is will a MPEG-4 audio file work? That seems to be what my i-tunes files are. If not, is there a way to either change my files or re-load the music as an MP3 file? Also, how do I know if my device will accept MP3's as ringtones? I have music on my device to play through the player. Pleaset talk in simple terms. while I am computer literate, I am not very computer media literate!

Simple terms:On a PPC 6700, YES and Play it.

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How do i set a ring tone for my incomming "Voicemails" or "Text Messaging"
Doesnt seem like i can save it to that file.. or i cant find it atleast.. can someone tell me where that file is for those tones.. so i can set them.. thank you..

Just dump them in the main folder of the phone, not in any folders. I think the official location would be called, "My Device".

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More options to configure the ringtone quality.

I had an mp3 as my ringtone, then I installed GSPlayer so I can stream shoutcast. GSPlayer was then my default player for mp3's, thus not allowing me to use mp3's for my ringtone. I just went into the Associations tab of GSPlayer, and unchecked mp3. now my mp3 is back as my ringtone. Thanks!

Hello,

I was searching the forum for a way to put music ringtones on your PPC. I figured it out, but I remember coming across a post that described how to make small filesized ringtones in .wma format and a certain mhz number. I cannot locate the post, I should've bookmarked it!

Can anyone please assist with this?

That's a nice Audacity guide. Most people suggest setting the High Pass filter to around 100, not 1015 though. This cuts off the lowest bass tones, but still keeps some depth to your songs.

Ok I know this sound doumb. But I forget on how to do it. I had a pp6600 befor and I know u wear able to record sound and but them as ringers. I eather forget how to do it or Im am not us to the wm5. So if any one can help me I would appreciat it. Also is their a way to make it louder with out messing up the warrenty. And if so how do I do that. Thanks to all that help.....

I know this has been talked about in this forum before. but I can't get it to work.

I have a mp3 that I cut down to 20 seconds. I put it in the ringer folder (file explorer/windows/ringer) and it will not load up as a ringer. I can see it on the ringers list but when I choose it and click okay, it jut reverts back to the windows defalt ringer. HELLLP. thanx

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No one can help me?

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Thanks for all your help people...LOL.

THis guy had it right. I searched and search and he was right. I didnt have the same player had he (i.e. GSPlayer) but i do have Pocketplayer, and it was set as the default player for all forms (i.e. mp3s) and that was what killed it for me. I unchecked the default player (mp3s) from Pocketplayer and then was able to use my mp3 clip as a ringtone. VERY NICE (in Borat voice).

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There are lots and lots of ways to solve your problem. The easiest way to make a good custom ringtone is OwnYourPhone.com. This site is pretty easy to use, it has a way to trim the file however you want it, and it will EQ it so it sounds good on a phone. The first one is free, after that it's $1.50 each...and it's way faster then trying to collect a bunch of programs to trim and format the tone.

Hope this helps.

Hi there. I'm rather new to the Pocket PC 6700 (Sprint). I understand in order to add sounds to my alarms/notifications section I must do the following:

Add WAV files into "\Windows\" Folder

They will now be available in the Settings>Sounds and Notifications section.

Recommendation: Use only 5-20 second long clips for Alerts to save space.




But apparently, these steps/instructions aren't working for me. I'm not sure what I may be doing wrong. I converted an MP3 file into a WAV file on my laptop using the Smart Audio Converter and sync'ed it to my Pocket PC6700 and placed it in the Windows folder. I went back to Settings>Sounds and Notifications section, the sound file isn't on my drop down box. All I have in that box are sounds that originally came with the phone.


HELP!! Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong. Thanks.

HELLO? can someone help?

The weird thing is the file is shown as a WAV file on my computer but when I send it to my phone using windows media player, the file shows up on my phone as a WMA or MP3 file.

I also noticed that when i sync a WAV file with my windows media player on my computer, it converts it onto my phone into a non WAV file. how do i prevent this from happening?


Is there another program I can use to sync files and music onto my phone?

Ringtones go into \windows\rings\ not the root \windows\ file. Notifications go there and they should be wav files. Make sure that their bitrate isn't set too high, otherwise the phone won't play them at all (I keep mine below 32Kbps).
While the 6700 is supposed to be able to use mp3s for ringtones, I've found that wma's work better, are smaller and have no discernable sound quality loss. WMA files will also work as notifications and will save a huge amount of space.
Not sure about your other issues.

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Trident,


Thanks for your help. Did you say that WMA files can also be used as notification tones? I added 2 short (4 sec) WMA song files to the windows/rings folder but still no luck. Its not showing in my drop down box when i go to settings/sounds & notifications.


I also dont know what program to use to sync WAV files to my phone.


Trident, do you know what I may be doing wrong? and or do you know what program i can use to sync WAV files to the phone?

Please help!

Hello? Can anyone help?