Convert MP3 to Ringtone

Tools to convert MP3 to ringtone include Ringtone Ripper, Nokia Multimedia Converter 2, Advanced WMA Workshop converter, and SMAF Yamaha converters.

If your cell phone supports MP3 ringtones, you don't necessarily have to modify the file, as the MP3 format used in cell phones is the same as it is in Internet and other applications.

However, you may have to make MP3 file smaller, to make it usable in a cell phone. Typical length for a MP3 ringer is about 30 seconds, and you can reduce the size of the file by changing bit rate, for example.

One tool to make the reductions from any full length MP3 file or songs on your CD collections is Ringtone Ripper, a free download.

With it, you can make 20 second MP3 ringtones from every MP3 or songs on your CDs that you have.

Competitive software to make these clips of MP3s include Audacity and Switch, both available free of charge.

Convert MP3 to Ringtone - Nokia Multimedia Converter

There is a possibility that your cell phone does not support MP3 ringtones. In this case, you need to convert the MP3 ringer in to a format that you phone recognizes.

One such tool, the Nokia Multimedia Converter 2.0, is a tool for converting multimedia files (such as AVI, WAV, MPEG, and MP3) into standard 3GPP/AMR, H.263, wideband-, and narrow-band-AMR-supported formats for use in applications such as MMS.

The tool is available free of charge from nokia.com website.

Convert MP3 to Ringtone - Advanced WMA Workshop Converter

Other available converters include the Advanced WMA Workshop 2.01.

This tool is a fast and easy-to-use WMA to MP3 converter.

The tools in the Advanced WMA Workshop software include a WMA to MP3 converter, WMA Encoder, WMA Decoder that has a Windows Explorer-like interface.

Possible conversions using this software include:

WMA to MP3
WMA to OGG Vorbis
WMA to WAV PCM
WMA to WMA 9 (resampling)
MP3 to WMA 9
MP3 to OGG Vorbis
MP3 to WAV PCM
MP3 to MP3 (resampling)
OGG Vorbis to WMA 9
OGG Vorbis to MP3
OGG Vorbis to WAV PCM
OGG Vorbis to OGG Vorbis (resampling)
WAV to WMA 9
WAV to MP3
WAV to OGG Vorbis
CD to WMA 9
CD to MP3
CD to OGG Vorbis
CD to WAV PCM

The audio format conversions are performed directly, without any temporary WAV files.

This means higher converting speed and economy of hard disk resources.

Convert MP3 to Ringtone - SMAF Yamaha Converters

If your cell phone needs conversion to the MMF file format, you can use SMAF Yamaha converters for the job.

Yamaha even has authoring tools that allow you to make your own ringtones in the SMAF format.

The available converters convert WAV files to the MMF format, so you need to first convert the MP3 to the WAV format, then to the MMF format.