Creating a ringtone for your iPhone
Okay a few people have asked how you can create your own personal ringtone for the iPhone, so here we go:
- You will need a 20 to 30 second piece of music you want to use as a ringtone. Now there are a couple of ways to get this 30 second clip, for instance you could use a free mp3 editor such as audacity, or even simpler you could do it directly in iTunes as follows.
- Open iTunes and select the title you would like to use as your ringtone. After you have selected the title press Apple + I (or on PCs Ctrl + I), this will bring up the information window. Once there head to the “Options”-tab.
- Here you can fill out the fields “Start at:” and “Stop at:” to define the start and end of your 30 second ring-tone. For instance if you want to use the first 30 seconds of a song enter “0:00″ for start and “0:30″ for stop. 30 seconds is the maximum you can use for a ringtone. Click “Ok” to exit the “Information” dialog.
- Next you need to convert this mp3 into an AAC, either by going to the menu “Advanced” -> “Convert selection to AAC” or by right-clicking the track and and then choosing the option “Convert selected to AAC”. This will create a second file with the same title but only for the 30 second clip you selected in step 3.
- Drag this clip onto your desktop and change its file extension from “.m4a” to “.m4r”. This will change it to a ringtone file.
- Double click the file to automatically add it to your music library, it should now appear under the heading “Ringtones”.
- Now just sync your iPhone and enjoy your personal homemade ringtone…
