Wednesday, September 8, 2010

How to create your own Ringtone for your iPhone - My Step by Step Tutorial


Making an iPhone ringtone is actually very easy. As long as you have some music on your iTunes, you can create endless numbers of Ringtones. Let's begin shall we? :) Click any of the pictures for a bigger version.

1. So find the song you want to turn into a ringtone. Then right click it and click Get Info. 

2. Then click the options tab. Here you can specify where you want your ringtone to start and end. It is best to keep your ringtone lengths to 30 seconds. It doesn't have to start at 0:00, if you want the chorus part, then just put in the time when that starts and add 30 seconds to it to get the end. Then click OK to close the window.

3. Then right click the chosen song again and this time click Create AAC Version. This will create a duplicate of your song. Notice the length of the song will be just as you specified. Listen to it again just to make sure it's where you want it to be. You can then go back to the original song and click the Get Info again and Options tab to unmark the start and end time to restore it to its original settings.

4. Then click and drag the duplicate onto your Desktop. You can then go ahead and delete the duplicate off your iTunes.

5. Go to the file on your desktop and change the extension to .m4r

6. Then drag the file from your desktop to the Ringtones folder on your computer. It should be something like the above, in the iTunes folder. Double click the file to play it and will play on iTunes and appear under the Ringtones tab on your iTunes - see below pic.


7. Link your iPhone to your computer and find the Ringtones tab on your phone and choose the ones you want to upload.

On your phone you'll find your ringtones under the Settings --> Sound --> Ringtone

Hope this helps! Feel free to repost and share with friends!

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