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MPEG audio layer 3, or mp3 as it is commonly known, is the most popular compression scheme for digital audio.  Unencrypted digital audio can take up enormous amounts of disk space, so, for most applications, some sort of compression technique is required. 

MP3 is a very effective compression scheme because it drops those parts of the sound that are not considered to be important for human hearing before it compresses the data.  Since mp3 can store high quality sound using a small amount of memory, it is the perfect choice for truetone ringtones.  MP3 ringtones are becoming available on more high and mid level cellular phones, and mp3 ringtones, due to the wide availability of mp3 media and conversion tools, can be created by the user from their own digital media collection.

Before attempting to create mp3 ringtones, make sure that your phone can play them.  You also need to check your cell phone documentation to learn how to download mp3 ringtones onto your phone.  Many cellular phones supply a data cable for this purpose.  Others use infrared communications, and still others will require that the mp3 ringtones be sent to the phone or downloaded if the phone is internet capable. 

Once you have determined how to load mp3 ringtones onto your phone, you are ready to begin creating your own mp3 ringtones.  There are many freeware and shareware programs available that can take songs from your CDs (encoded in unencrypted WAV format), allow you to select the portion you want to use for your mp3 ringtones, and then convert the data to mp3 format. 

Copy the mp3 ringtones to your cellular device, and you are finished.  Have fun creating your own mp3 ringtones!