Say goodbye to having to pay iTunes 99 cents to get ringtones for your iPhone. This is a thing of the past. Today, you can use Apples GarageBand, to create your own iPhone ringtones. You can also use programs designed for creating ringtones from your favorite media files.
Lets get into what, exactly, can be used as a ringtone. Music files, of course, are mostly used by people for ringtones, especially if you are a professional person who uses their phone for work and play. You can make your own sound bites, such as the birds chirping outside of your window, your child saying, Daddy, your phone is ringing, or something like a sound bite from your early days in the high school band. You can also use the sound from movie files. The choices are limitless.
Customized iPhone ringtones seems to be the big thing for iPhone users. Of course everyone knows how hot iPhones are. So many users want to add contact-customized ringtones. If a specific contact calls, a ringtone set for that contact will ring. It's pretty awesome.
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) Launch both iTunes and GarageBand.
2) In iTunes, select the tune that you want to grab.
3) Within your GarageBand, select "File", then "New".
4) GarageBand displays a timeline with a single track. Delete the track (click on it and choose Delete Track from the Track menu).
5) Drag your selected tune from iTunes to GarageBand. The song is imported into GarageBand and a new music track appears.
6) Scroll thru the song in GarageBand. Then select the 30 second segment you want to be your new iPhone ringtone.
7) We're going to remove the sections of the music before and after the clip we've selected. Click the track and this will select it. Click Split under "Edit" at the top menu. This will break the file from the point where your mouse is. Then click on the portion of the file you want to delete. Delete it. And repeat for the end of the ringtone.
9) With your mouse, yank the remaining clip to the left starting place of the track.
10) Just before the clip begins, drag the volume line down to zero volume. This will create an end point.
11) Do the same thing for the end part of the ringtone.
12) Now preview it and see if you like how it sounds. If you do, save it.
13) Toggle the button that turns the cycle region on and off. It's on the bottom, far right. It's a button 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) In the share menu choose "Send Ringtone to iTunes." Your project is converted to an iPhone ringtone that opens and plays in iTunes.
16) Sync your iPhone and your ringtone will be copied for you.
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.
Lets get into what, exactly, can be used as a ringtone. Music files, of course, are mostly used by people for ringtones, especially if you are a professional person who uses their phone for work and play. You can make your own sound bites, such as the birds chirping outside of your window, your child saying, Daddy, your phone is ringing, or something like a sound bite from your early days in the high school band. You can also use the sound from movie files. The choices are limitless.
Customized iPhone ringtones seems to be the big thing for iPhone users. Of course everyone knows how hot iPhones are. So many users want to add contact-customized ringtones. If a specific contact calls, a ringtone set for that contact will ring. It's pretty awesome.
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) Launch both iTunes and GarageBand.
2) In iTunes, select the tune that you want to grab.
3) Within your GarageBand, select "File", then "New".
4) GarageBand displays a timeline with a single track. Delete the track (click on it and choose Delete Track from the Track menu).
5) Drag your selected tune from iTunes to GarageBand. The song is imported into GarageBand and a new music track appears.
6) Scroll thru the song in GarageBand. Then select the 30 second segment you want to be your new iPhone ringtone.
7) We're going to remove the sections of the music before and after the clip we've selected. Click the track and this will select it. Click Split under "Edit" at the top menu. This will break the file from the point where your mouse is. Then click on the portion of the file you want to delete. Delete it. And repeat for the end of the ringtone.
9) With your mouse, yank the remaining clip to the left starting place of the track.
10) Just before the clip begins, drag the volume line down to zero volume. This will create an end point.
11) Do the same thing for the end part of the ringtone.
12) Now preview it and see if you like how it sounds. If you do, save it.
13) Toggle the button that turns the cycle region on and off. It's on the bottom, far right. It's a button 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) In the share menu choose "Send Ringtone to iTunes." Your project is converted to an iPhone ringtone that opens and plays in iTunes.
16) Sync your iPhone and your ringtone will be copied for you.
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 sync software leader, PocketMac. They specialize in unique Macintosh tools, including their software to make iPhone ringtones, RingtoneStudio for iPhone
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