Most so-called "free" MP3 ringtones sites are rip-offs and will try to get you to subscribe to a service with a weekly or monthly fee in order to actually receive your ringtones.  But it is easy and fun to make your own MP3 ringtones, and download them to your cell phone.

Have you seen some of these ridiculous web sites online offering so-called "free" MP3 ring tones?  The problem is, if you take the time to read the fine print, most all of these sites are actually signing you up for some kind of subscription service or other, at a charge of between five and $10 per week!  That doesn't sound exactly free, does it?

But forget about those a rip-off sites -- you can easily make your own MP3 ringtones with any songs you want.  In fact, you're not just limited to songs; you can use comedy bits or even recordings of you in your friends telling jokes!  Your imagination is the only limit.

In this article we will cover the basic steps of creating your own MP3 ringtones.  Now let's get started.

1.  First you need to download and install Mediacoder.  Do a simple search online and you'll find it right away.  Installation is simple and assuming you have a high speed Internet connection, the program can be downloaded very quickly.

2. After installing Mediacoder, open the program and click on "add" in the top left corner.  Then simply locate the MP3 you wish to use and select enter.  The MP3 should now be displayed in the file list.

3. On the bottom left of the page click on "select."  This will play your MP3 file.  You will see two buttons to "mark in" and "mark out" where you want the ring tone to start and stop.  When the song reaches the point where you would like your ringtones to begin, just click "mark in."  Likewise, click "mark out" when it reaches the point where you want the ring tone to stop.

4. Once you have set...   read entire article