iTunes 10 no longer has the tool that lets users create custom ringtones. Can't say we are very disappointed. The tool wasn't all the great, it cost 99-cents a ringtone and it seemed to have far too many limitations. Well, we are being nice...it stank.
Whatever their reasons, whether it was actually because the software was very limited, or because of some other idea from Cupertino, it's gone. Luckily, there is no need to worry, friends.
iTunes 10
We have a far better solution. It's free, it lets you convert just about any file you want (even YouTube videos) into a ringtone. No software to install---it's all browser-based.We go with Audiko, which we've written about several times in the past. So far, it's the best tool we've found for creating custom ringtones for the iPhone.
We even have a tutorial that tells you exactly how to create your own ringtones on the website.
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What about if you have garage band. Can you create a ringtone that way ?
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The simplest iTunes method of creating ringtones from your ripped music, as described by some websites for several years, still works with iTunes 10.
1. If you don't use the default import encoder, change Preferences > General > Import Settings > Import Using to AAC Encoder.
2. Choose your track and play it to decide the start and stop times. The duration can be anything up to 40 seconds.
3. Right-click > Get Info > Options to change the Start and Stop times to what you decided in (2). You can be precise to 0.001 secs if you want. Play this to make sure you've got what you want.
4. Right-click > Create AAC Version. This creates an edited version containing only what's between the Start and Stop times.
5. Right-click > Get Info > Summary to find the location of the edited version (not really necessary as it will be exactly adjacent to the original track in the iTunes Media > Music > Artist > Album folder).
6. Delete the edited version from iTunes but keep the file.
7. Navigate to the file using Finder or Windows Explorer and change the filename extension from m4a to m4r.
8. Either double-click the m4r file or iTunes > File > Add to Library to add it back to iTunes. It will go into Ringtones, not Music, and the file will move to the Ringtones folder.
9. Get Info > Options on the original track to change the Start and Stop times back to the defaults. You can do this at any point after (4).
10. Repeat 2-9 for your other ringtones.
11. Sync the phone to transfer your ringtones.
12. If you don't use the default import encoder, change Preferences > General > Import Settings > Import Using back to your usual one.
That looks like a lot of steps but it is really easy.
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I've been using iPhoneRing ToneMaker. It's works. It's easy. It runs on my Win7 Professional laptop. I think it was free, but don't really remember.
It makes the ringtone from any music file and then loads it into iTunes.
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