Getting music on to cellphones

[Merentha]

Well, this forum is full of tech-savvy people I trust, so I figured I'd ask this here.  How would I go about getting a song from my computer (either .midi or not) to my cellphone in such a way as to be able to use it as a ringtone?

 

[Ben Hussey]

That is a secret known only to Nepalese monks dressed in saffron who meditate on the alpine range for 43 and a half years  before they achieve enlightenment, to the rest of us it is but one of the many mysteries in life.

/stupidity

Can't help you, mine automatically converts the music when you put it across via the Nokia program.

 

[Merentha]

And what is this Nokia program of which you speak?  (I doubt I can use it, I've got a verizon phone).

 

[Ben Hussey]

It's the nokia phone manager. It came with my phone.

 

[Raz]

Does it have bluetooth? Or did it come with a cable? You need that, or infrared on both your pc and cellphone.

 

[Espresso]

Does it have bluetooth? Or did it come with a cable? You need that, or infrared on both your pc and cellphone.

Not sure, but also, if you have a friend, who has some of the things above, could copy that music to his phone and send it to your phone using multimedia message..

 

[Buxton]

I used to be able with my huge fat man of phone, but I acciently washed the cable...lol

 

[Ben Hussey]

I bought a cable for it off ebay. From those monks in Nepal...

 

[Merentha]

Cable seems the way to go, then, thanks.

 

[Ben Hussey]

No problem.

 

[Voutare]

Verizon Wireless you need to buy the songs from either a website/phone or record them (if your phone has recording) I think, my brother has verizon, I have Virgin Mobile.
Also, you can copy the music, forgot about that.

 

[Merentha]

And buying them from a website would be tricky.  I've been searching for Chronotrigger midis from websites that sell ringtones, and they don't have the two that I want.

I'll look into recording options too, though that would produce fairly poor quality rings, right?

 

[Voutare]

Depends on your phone. My brothers is horrible, however, a girl at my school has a voice record better than a high-end microphone.

 

[Nagel]

could someone give me a link to get a free software to convert mp3 to aac files ? thanx !

 

[Merentha]

could someone give me a link to get a free software to convert mp3 to aac files ? thanx !

And legal.  Legal is important too. 

 

[Weaver]

you have to choose where your prioritites lie. do you want a free, good or legal soft? no soft can have all three virtues simultaneously.

 

[leprechaun]

iTunes? iTunes to the rescue! iTunes can do what you need!

 

[Pharaoh Llandy]

Ah, custom ringtones. The bane of the universe. How I hate them. My phone doesn't even allow imported music/pics as far as I know. It goes RING RING, which suits me fine.

Err, in short, I can't help, sorry.

 

[Merentha]

  Yeah, I know.  I've been ranting about custom ringtones for a long time, but...its Chronotrigger!  The nerdiness more than makes up for the (in my mind) social stigma of getting something trendy.  Nerdiness! 

 

[VALARLIGHT]

Few things beat in the world of ringtones, sitting on a quiet bus listening to the sound of marching feet and a loud voice shouting "Auxilium meum a Domino!" and then breaking into a slow chug chug chug of guitars worthy to be held by the god of metal himself! and then you pick up the phone all innocent like "hello?" ^_^