Creating Your Own Ringtones for the iPhone

// August 14th, 2008 // tagged: > >

iTunes Album Art Game 2

  1. Open iTunes.
  2. Find the song that you want to make into a ringtone.
  3. Listen to the song and find the part of it you want to use. The chorus may be a good place to start.
  4. Write down the start and stop times of the clip.
  5. Right-click the song and select “Get Info.”
  6. Click the “Options” tab.
  7. Type in the start time of your ringtone in the text box next to “Start Time” in the minutes:seconds (i.e. 2:01) format.
  8. Type in the end time of your ringtone in the text box next to “Stop Time.” Make sure the ringtone is no more than 40 seconds long.
  9. Click “OK”.
  10. Right-click your song again and select “Convert Selection to AAC” (be sure this is what you have your preferences set to for importing). Wait for iTunes to convert your song. It will create a duplicate version.
  11. Right-click the newly created ringtone and select SHOW IN FINDER.  
  12. Minimize that new finder window.  Go back to itunes
  13. Right-click the ringtone and select “Delete”.
  14. Click on the “Keep Files” button.
  15. Maximize the finder window from step 11.  Find the ringtone file. It will have an extension of “m4a.”
  16. Replace the “m4a” extension of your ringtone with “m4r”. You can either double-click slowly to re-name your file, or right-click and select “Get Info” on a Mac or “Rename” on a Windows PC.
  17. Click “Use .m4r” or the PC equivalent when the system warns you that the change may affect the use of your file.
  18. Double-click the ringtone file. ITunes will automatically add it to your ringtones folder in your iTunes Music Library.
  19. Connect your iPhone and sync your ringtones.

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