You no longer have to pay iTunes 99 cents for every iPhone ringtone you want. In fact, using one of two methods, you can create your iPhone ringtones for free using a 16-step process or acquire a program designed to create your iPhone ringtones simply.
iPhone Ringtones can come from a variety of places. Movies. Music files. Also, you can record sounds from your daily life. Like your child saying, "Daddy, your phone is ringing." There are endless options for creative ringtones.
It seems that everyone wants an iPhone. They have so many great features and among those features, ringtones seem at the top of the list. iPhone users want to set ringtones for each of their contacts; this means that when a specific contact, a ringtone matched to him will ring.
Matching a contact with a ringtone is easier than you'd think. If your dad is a country music fan, you can use his favorite Garth Brooks tune as a ringtone. If your brother-in-law loves football, create a ringtone that's the NFL theme song. If your sister and family are argumentative, use the Married with Childred theme song. Go wild.
Create iPhone ringtones 1 of 2 ways. This first way has 16 steps and it involves Apple's GarageBand.
1) On your Mac, run iTunes and then GarageBand.
2) In iTunes, select the tune that you want to grab.
3) Within your GarageBand, select "File", then "New".
4) A timeline of a single track is shown in GarageBand. You'll want to delete this track. To accomplish this, select the track and click "Delete Track" from the "Track" menu at the top of GarageBand.
5) You'll need to drag and drop the song from iTunes to GarageBand. You'll see it's quickly imported.
6) Scroll thru the song in GarageBand. Then select the 30 second segment you want to be your new iPhone ringtone.
7) Now you need to remove all the music ahead of where you want your ringtone to start. First click the track. Then click on "Split" from the "Edit" menu at the top. This will separate the track where you have your mouse located. Unselect the track and click on the segment you'd like to delete. Press delete. Repeat for the end of the ringtone.
9) Pull the start of the ringtone to the far left of the track timeline.
10) About a half-second or so into the beginning of the track, click the volume line to create an end point. Next, click and drag the beginning of the volume line down to zero volume.
11) Repeat this step for the end of the ringtone.
12) Now preview it and see if you like how it sounds. If you do, save it.
13) To make sure that the song repeats as your phone rings, click on the button to turn the cycle region on and off (at the bottom of the GarageBand window). It is the button on the far right that looks like a set of arrows.
14) Once the button is pressed, a yellow line will show above the track. With your mouse, pull the right side of the line so that it goes all through your ringtone. Press Save.
15) Now send the file to iTunes. To do this, click "Share", then "Send Ringtone to iTunes." Instantly it's converted and sent to iTunes.
16) To move the ringtone to your iPhone, connect the iPhone while iTunes is open. Select the iPhone in the Devices list on the left side of iTunes, then click on the Ringtones tab. Make sure that Sync Ringtones is checked. Click Sync, and your ringtone is copied to the iPhone.
This does seem like a complicated process. If you'd prefer something a little simpler, consider PocketMac RingtoneStudio for iPhone. It does all of this with a simple drag and drop.
iPhone Ringtones can come from a variety of places. Movies. Music files. Also, you can record sounds from your daily life. Like your child saying, "Daddy, your phone is ringing." There are endless options for creative ringtones.
It seems that everyone wants an iPhone. They have so many great features and among those features, ringtones seem at the top of the list. iPhone users want to set ringtones for each of their contacts; this means that when a specific contact, a ringtone matched to him will ring.
Matching a contact with a ringtone is easier than you'd think. If your dad is a country music fan, you can use his favorite Garth Brooks tune as a ringtone. If your brother-in-law loves football, create a ringtone that's the NFL theme song. If your sister and family are argumentative, use the Married with Childred theme song. Go wild.
Create iPhone ringtones 1 of 2 ways. This first way has 16 steps and it involves Apple's GarageBand.
1) On your Mac, run iTunes and then GarageBand.
2) In iTunes, select the tune that you want to grab.
3) Within your GarageBand, select "File", then "New".
4) A timeline of a single track is shown in GarageBand. You'll want to delete this track. To accomplish this, select the track and click "Delete Track" from the "Track" menu at the top of GarageBand.
5) You'll need to drag and drop the song from iTunes to GarageBand. You'll see it's quickly imported.
6) Scroll thru the song in GarageBand. Then select the 30 second segment you want to be your new iPhone ringtone.
7) Now you need to remove all the music ahead of where you want your ringtone to start. First click the track. Then click on "Split" from the "Edit" menu at the top. This will separate the track where you have your mouse located. Unselect the track and click on the segment you'd like to delete. Press delete. Repeat for the end of the ringtone.
9) Pull the start of the ringtone to the far left of the track timeline.
10) About a half-second or so into the beginning of the track, click the volume line to create an end point. Next, click and drag the beginning of the volume line down to zero volume.
11) Repeat this step for the end of the ringtone.
12) Now preview it and see if you like how it sounds. If you do, save it.
13) To make sure that the song repeats as your phone rings, click on the button to turn the cycle region on and off (at the bottom of the GarageBand window). It is the button on the far right that looks like a set of arrows.
14) Once the button is pressed, a yellow line will show above the track. With your mouse, pull the right side of the line so that it goes all through your ringtone. Press Save.
15) Now send the file to iTunes. To do this, click "Share", then "Send Ringtone to iTunes." Instantly it's converted and sent to iTunes.
16) To move the ringtone to your iPhone, connect the iPhone while iTunes is open. Select the iPhone in the Devices list on the left side of iTunes, then click on the Ringtones tab. Make sure that Sync Ringtones is checked. Click Sync, and your ringtone is copied to the iPhone.
This does seem like a complicated process. If you'd prefer something a little simpler, consider PocketMac RingtoneStudio for iPhone. It does all of this with a simple drag and drop.
About the Author:
Thom writes articles for macintosh synchronization software leader, PocketMac. They specialize in software to sync the Mac to 500 smartphones, including their software to make iPhone ringtones, RingtoneStudio for iPhone
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