Forget Jamster and co, save your cash with DIY Ringtones
That's it, no more Crazy Frog or cute chicken or whatever is "in" this week. I'm so sick of kiddies down the back of every bus I get on blasting out their latest MP3 ringtone. Please kids, nobody wants to hear your idea of cool music, and everyone wants to know where you get the money for the damn downloads!
If you must have MP3 ringtones, put your cash in an online account (don't spend all your online lives on MySpace!) or the Credit Union, and heed the advice in this article to create your own ringtones, courtesy of Gina at LifeHacker.
Choose your tone wisely
It's totally up to you what song to use as your ringtone. However, do imagine yourself in different life scenarios and what it will be like when your phone starts randomly playing White and Nerdy. Sure, the Halo theme probably seems like a great ringtone today, but when you're standing on line at the bank next week, will you cringe when it goes off? The answer to this question is a personal one, but it must be asked.
Personally I like songs and sounds that already sound a bit ringtone-y. In the examples above I used the first 20 seconds of thePostal Services ' Such Great Heights. My new text message notification is the Jetson's doorbell.(Go ahead, make fun of me.) You can also use Audacity to record ANY sounds from your computer, so you could, in theory, record snippets of audio from, say, YouTube videos.
All you need is the free Audacity software, a favourite of mine for donkeys years now, and the right connection.
For those stateside who find themselves hitting a brick wall with a Motorola phone on Verizon, see the comments section for some excellent help on hacking it to load those tunes.
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