Home brew iPhone ring tones
- added December 27, 2007
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Using info I gleaned from Wired's howto wiki, I made my own iPhone ring tones last night. Super cinchy (as I used to say in school). Tools I used (and possible substitutes):
GarageBand (QuickTime Pro)
iTunes
How I did it:
1) Open GarageBand
2) Delete the default Grand Piano track GarageBand throws up there by selecting the track and hitting CMD-delete.
3) Click on the little film/video/music button in the bottom right corner
4) Drag in a good ring tone candidate. Songs/audio with lots of bass or drum beats only aren't so good. Try acoustic instruments or techno w/ a good mid frequency melody.
5) Select the portion of the song you'd like to make into a ring tone by getting rid of everything else. Try to make a nice loop out of it. That's the hard part. Getting the loop juuuuuuust right. One little tip is to turn off snapping by selecting to Control/Snap To Grid. This will give you much more control over the edits.
6) Select Share/Export song to disk... and choose a reasonable destination (like your desktop).
7) Change the extension of the file from .m4a to .4r
8) Drag into iTunes. It will automatically be added to the Ringtones folder.
9) In iTunes, if Ringtone sync isn't already checked, turn it on.
10) Sync with your iPhone.
11) Set your new ring tone as the ringer.
12) Sit back and impress your friends the next time your phone rings.
GarageBand (QuickTime Pro)
iTunes
How I did it:
1) Open GarageBand
2) Delete the default Grand Piano track GarageBand throws up there by selecting the track and hitting CMD-delete.
3) Click on the little film/video/music button in the bottom right corner
4) Drag in a good ring tone candidate. Songs/audio with lots of bass or drum beats only aren't so good. Try acoustic instruments or techno w/ a good mid frequency melody.
5) Select the portion of the song you'd like to make into a ring tone by getting rid of everything else. Try to make a nice loop out of it. That's the hard part. Getting the loop juuuuuuust right. One little tip is to turn off snapping by selecting to Control/Snap To Grid. This will give you much more control over the edits.
6) Select Share/Export song to disk... and choose a reasonable destination (like your desktop).
7) Change the extension of the file from .m4a to .4r
8) Drag into iTunes. It will automatically be added to the Ringtones folder.
9) In iTunes, if Ringtone sync isn't already checked, turn it on.
10) Sync with your iPhone.
11) Set your new ring tone as the ringer.
12) Sit back and impress your friends the next time your phone rings.
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