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Create Your Own iPhone Ringtone Using iTunes
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 4:50 PM on October 7, 2008
In case you wanted to create your challenge to the world's longest ringtone, CNET has an interesting little video tutorial up that'll show you how to do so on the iPhone using iTunes. Turns out the music software lets you choose the start and stop times of a song, rename the extension and create a custom ringtone. You'll need Garage Band if you want to get fancier than that, but who needs fancy when all you want to do is make a 62 minute-long song? [CNET TV]
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Barfolemew
Posted 6:33 PM 7/10/08
This information is completely useless to me unless anyone can tell me how to do this with an Indian iTunes account.
Barfolemew
Kevin
Posted 6:28 PM 7/10/08
Haha ' Mail Muthafucka ' is now on my iPhone !!
Kevin
shiftyeyedgoat
Posted 5:57 PM 7/10/08
This method has been around for a while, but that doesn't mean it's any less effective. Another good ringtone editor is audacity.
shiftyeyedgoat
dinsey
Posted 6:42 PM 7/10/08
Barfolemew:
Your comment is completely useless to me because I don't have an Indian iTunes account.
dinsey
supercollider
Posted 8:19 PM 7/10/08
Hey, this is great! I'm a lazy bum and hadn't gotten around to making my own ringtones yet. Thanks, Giz!
supercollider
m4tt
Posted 8:09 PM 7/10/08
On Windows, I just use iRinger. Okay it gives you a 30 second snippet but who needs longer than that?
m4tt
11010010
Posted 8:09 PM 7/10/08
works excellent!
you should note that in the itunes import-settings, the importer must be AAC.. otherwise itunes doesn't let you create AAC. i had the problem that it only let me create MP3 but these do not work after renaming them into m4r.
11010010
x23
Posted 8:42 PM 7/10/08
@11010010: actually i guess... you are basically saying the same thing. but my hint is for people that already have MP3s... and don't want to reimport.
x23
x23
Posted 8:41 PM 7/10/08
@11010010: presumably you could open them in QT Player... and then export as AAC (maybe needs Pro still? no clue... always had Pro).
or even to stay in iTunes... (these are v.8 instructions... things apparently moved around a bit in 8.)
open the Prefs -> then "General" -> "Import Settings" button...
- make an AAC encoder preset to whatever bitrate/quality you want. default is probably perfectly fine.
then select a song that is currently an MP3...
then "Advanced" menu - "Create AAC Version"
that should convert any MP3 you have to an AAC... which will then let the rest of this hint work.
sure... it is a decode -> encode step... which isn't the best thing in the world for sound-quality. but it *is* a ringtone coming out of a 1mm speaker. so it's not like it is the end of the world. your MP3 version should stay in your library untouched.
haven't done this in v.8... hence just now noticing the menu changes. but i use the same basic steps to make super-low bitrate MP3s from AIFFs that every other program (QT Pro / Audacity / Soundtrack) would crap out on for being *too low* (or something). and it leaves the original file untouched... just makes a new one with the new settings.
x23
SwapMeet
Posted 8:40 PM 7/10/08
@Kevin:
Yes, but now how do we set it as a mail alert? My unjailbroken iPhone doesn't seem to allow me to change the mail alert.
"Scottie Doesn't Know!" will be converted shortly.
SwapMeet