How to Make Custom iPhone Ringtones for Free

July 29, 2010 - PRLog -- So you bought an iPhone. You love the phone and all its features, but wish you didn't have to pay for your songs twice to get a ringtone. There are plenty of songs in your music library, but no way to make ringtones from any of them. Or is there? Actually, with a little bit of trickery (nothing illegal), you can create ringtones from any one of your non-DRM songs in your iTunes library easily and for free. This works on both Mac and Windows PCs.

*Please note: There may be differences among all the possible combinations of iTunes versions and operating system versions (see Tips for a way to work around the syncing issues).

Step 1
Open iTunes.

Step 2
Find the song that you want to make into a ringtone.

Step 3
Listen to the song and find the part of it you want to use. The chorus may be a good place to start.

Step 4
Write down the start and stop times of the clip.

Step 5
Right-click the song and select "Get Info."

Step 6
Click the "Options" tab.

Step 7
Type in the start time of your ringtone in the text box next to "Start Time" in the minutes:seconds (i.e., 2:01) format.

Step 8
Type in the end time of your ringtone in the text box next to "Stop Time." Make sure the ringtone is no more than 40 seconds long.

Step 9
Click "OK."

Step 10
Right-click your song again and select "Convert Selection to AAC." Wait for iTunes to convert your song. It will create a duplicate version.

Step 11
Right-click the ringtone and select "Delete."

Step 12
Click on the "Keep Files" button.

Step 13
Find the file. It's usually in your User folder under "Music > iTunes > iTunes Music" and under the band's name. It will have an extension of m4a.

Step 14
Replace the m4a extension of your ringtone with m4r. You can either double-click slowly to rename your file, or right-click and select "Get Info" on a Mac or "Rename" on a Windows PC.

Step 15
Click "Use .m4r" or the PC equivalent when the system warns you that the change may affect the use of your file.

Step 16
Double-click the ringtone file. ITunes will automatically add it to your ringtones folder in your iTunes Music Library.

Step 17
Connect your iPhone and sync your ringtones.

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