How to Create Ringtones for your iPhone using songs in iTunes

How to create ringtones for your iPhone from songs on iTunes​

This guide is ideal for those songs which have not been directly purchased from the iTunes store

Step 1:
Open Itunes and Select the song you want to use to create your ringtone

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Step 2:
Right click the selected song, and click “Get Info”. Then go to the “Options” Tab and then enter a value for the “Start Time” and “Stop Time”. N.B. Ringtones have a maximum run-time of around 40 seconds so try to use a length of 25-35 seconds to be on the safe side. When finished, click “OK”

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Step 3:
Now click the “Edit” tab on the main Itunes Window, and then “Preferences”. On the “General” tab click “Import Settings” and ensure the “AAC Encoder” settings are the following:

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Step 4:
Now right click the song you had previously selected and “Create AAC Version”, you should now have a duplicate song, lasting for the length of time you had previously entered.

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Step 5:
Select your newly created 25-35 second AAC version and hit “CTRL + C” to copy it. Now, paste it to your desktop using “CTRL + V”. The AAC version will have an “.m4a” extension which you must change to an “.m4r” extension. To do this, right click the file, click “Rename”, and replace “.m4a” with “.m4r”

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Step 6:
Now for the sixth and final step, connect your Iphone and simply drag the file to the Iphone icon on Itunes.

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Enjoy your new, free, ringtone!​

 

Good guide. Een those it is poosible by just left clicking on the song and selecting iTunes Ringtone

EDIT: that is only availabe for songs you have boguht from the iTunes Store. Songs from other places you will need to use this.

 

Thank you And yeah I knew that you could for those purchased from iTunes, maybe I should make it clear in the guide that this is for songs not purchased from iTunes? Think I will make the distinction actually.

 

Ya but it is helpful to the general public as most people I know do not attain their music legally lol

 

Lol, likewise. Thank you for your input, it's much obliged.

 

Ya no problem. Glad to have helped.

 

i buy all my songs legally to thank artists, good guide