Audacity is a free, open source software used for recording and editing music. It is available for download from Sourceforge and is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. One of the many things you can do with it is alter music that you already have on your computer so that they can be used as ringtones.

Making the ringtones involve simply shortening the songs to about 30 seconds (30 kilobytes), saving it, and uploading it to your phone. Further directions:

• Download Audacity and LAME mp3 Encoder (both are on the same page).
• Unzip and install Audacity.
• Unzip the LAME encoder and make note of where you saved the folder (I put it in the Audacity folder).
• Open Audacity and choose File >> Open and go to the song you want to use as a ringtone.
• Edit the songs by holding down the CTRL key and drag the left mouse button to highlight the areas you don't want.
• Hit delete. Keep doing this until your clip is less than 30 seconds.
• Go to File >> Export as mp3 to save your ringtone.
• The first time you do this you will be prompted for the location of lame_enc.dll which is in the LAME folder you saved earlier. Once you point to it, choose where you want your ringtone saved (I created a folder called ringtones and save all my created ringtones there).

To get the ringtone to your cell phone, connect your phone to your PC using a USB cable or bluetooth, and transfer the song to your the ringtone folder of your phone. Note you will need the driver to your phone.

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