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Create free iPhone ringtones using only iTunes
Jun 20, 2009
Are you fed up with having to pay for ringtones on your phone? Well apparently many mobile phone services have decided that you should be paying high rates to have your favorite songs (that you likely already own) set as your ringtone. It doesn't have to be like that anymore. With this guide you can set up any song you'd like to be your iPhone ringtone. This works for all iPhone versions including the newly released 3GS. You don't need any software other than your standard iTunes, and you'll never find an easier method than this.
The best part of this process is the ability to select the exact beginning and end to the song that plays as your ringtone with iTunes 8. The song you select will need to be of MP3, ACC, or AIFF file formats and be DRM-free. Any song you downloaded from the iTunes Music Store will not work, as they have DRM (Digital Rights Management), so find another copy. Once that is done, just follow this guide to get your favorite song set up as a free iPhone ringtone, with no software other than iTunes 8.
Step 1: Open iTunes 8 software. If you don't have 8 or better, you can download it here.
Step 2: In iTunes, right click on the song you'd like to turn into a ringtone, and pick "Get Info".
Step 3: Once the Info prompt is up, select the "Options" tab.
Step 4: Check both the “Start Time” and “End Time” boxes and enter in the time interval you'd like to use. The maximum length you can use is 40 seconds, so don't make it longer than that.
Step 5: Once finished setting the length, click "OK" with the song still highlighted in iTunes.
Step 6: Click "Advanced" at the top of the application menu bar and select "Create AAC Version". If that is not an option, you may have "Create Apple Lossless Version", so click that one. If you are having issues with this part, make sure your iTunes Import Settings are set to AAC/Apple Lossless and not MP3.
Step 7: You will now have a duplicate copy of your song in iTunes. It may appear under or above the previous version, but with a shorter length next to it. It may even appear at the bottom of iTunes. Drag this to your desktop.
Step 8: Now you can delete the duplicate copy (the short version) in iTunes.
Step 9: Rename the desktop version of the file ending with the ".m4r" file extension. This will make it a ringtone file. (ex. "mysong.m4r")
Step 10: Once that is done, drag it back into iTunes.
Step 11: Click and drag the file once more over the Library column on the left-hand side. It will pop up in the Ringtones section of your Library.
Step 12: Sync up your new library to your iPhone like you usually do and enjoy! You'll find it in the available ringtones of your iPhone settings.
One last thing... don't forget this! You'll need to undo what you did to the original copy. Go back to the original mp3 and right click it for the Get Info section. Go to Options, and uncheck the Start Time and End Time" options there.
Posted on: Saturday, June 20th, 2009 at 11:05 PM EST in iphone, ringtones, news
Views: 856
The best part of this process is the ability to select the exact beginning and end to the song that plays as your ringtone with iTunes 8. The song you select will need to be of MP3, ACC, or AIFF file formats and be DRM-free. Any song you downloaded from the iTunes Music Store will not work, as they have DRM (Digital Rights Management), so find another copy. Once that is done, just follow this guide to get your favorite song set up as a free iPhone ringtone, with no software other than iTunes 8.
Step 1: Open iTunes 8 software. If you don't have 8 or better, you can download it here.
Step 2: In iTunes, right click on the song you'd like to turn into a ringtone, and pick "Get Info".
Step 3: Once the Info prompt is up, select the "Options" tab.
Step 4: Check both the “Start Time” and “End Time” boxes and enter in the time interval you'd like to use. The maximum length you can use is 40 seconds, so don't make it longer than that.
Step 5: Once finished setting the length, click "OK" with the song still highlighted in iTunes.
Step 6: Click "Advanced" at the top of the application menu bar and select "Create AAC Version". If that is not an option, you may have "Create Apple Lossless Version", so click that one. If you are having issues with this part, make sure your iTunes Import Settings are set to AAC/Apple Lossless and not MP3.
Step 7: You will now have a duplicate copy of your song in iTunes. It may appear under or above the previous version, but with a shorter length next to it. It may even appear at the bottom of iTunes. Drag this to your desktop.
Step 8: Now you can delete the duplicate copy (the short version) in iTunes.
Step 9: Rename the desktop version of the file ending with the ".m4r" file extension. This will make it a ringtone file. (ex. "mysong.m4r")
Step 10: Once that is done, drag it back into iTunes.
Step 11: Click and drag the file once more over the Library column on the left-hand side. It will pop up in the Ringtones section of your Library.
Step 12: Sync up your new library to your iPhone like you usually do and enjoy! You'll find it in the available ringtones of your iPhone settings.
One last thing... don't forget this! You'll need to undo what you did to the original copy. Go back to the original mp3 and right click it for the Get Info section. Go to Options, and uncheck the Start Time and End Time" options there.
Posted on: Saturday, June 20th, 2009 at 11:05 PM EST in iphone, ringtones, news
Views: 856
