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iPhone 3G Ringtones

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With the new iTunes release, what is the current best method for getting custom ringtones onto your iPhone?

I dont mind paying the money, but iTunes unfortunately does not have the song I am looking for. If I download it from another source, is there an easy way to get it on my phone?

Thanks.
 
I can see that u are new around here, but that question has been asked so many times before. There are multiple threads in existence on this topic. Just do a search and you will find what u are looking for.
 
IF YOUR PC:


have the song in iTunes Music library

1) right click>Convert to AAC

2) rename the second one(the AAC one whatever you want thats diff than the first one)

3)right click>Get Info>Options tab

4)check the Start time and End Time boxes, and put in the 30 seconds you want as your ringtone

5) after that, hit OK, go into My Music>iTunes>iTunesMusic>(insert artist name here)>(insert Album here)>and then rename it from "whatever.m4A" to "whatever.m4R"(w/o quotes)

6) go to iTunes>File>Add file to library> and then find it, and add it and itll be in your ringtone section under Library


if your in Mac, do the same thing only instead of My Documents>My Music

put wherever your iTunes folder is(im not expierienced wit Mac, so idk)
 
I used the following guide. Worked a treat for me and lets you create fade in and outs etc on the tones.

As long as you are reasonably competent on a PC and follow it through properly it's a doddle :

Clicky

(Hope it's ok to link to another forum??)
 
lol not everyone can afford a mac, not to mention microsoft is the standard in most college classes ect. its not always convenient for everyone to have apple computers. you dont have to be so rough on the guy.
 
TrunksGoku said:
^_____ lol
or skip all that and:

www.audiko.net

/thread
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Audiko.net doesn't hipass or hard limit the tracks, so the ringtones distort and sound like freaking garbage.

Sync these to your phone and test them if you don't believe me. Daft Punk - Robot Rock. I made the first one in Audacity with a 100hz high pass and a ~4db hard limiter. The other one I made with www.audiko.net

Audacity:
http://idisk.mac.com/tedroddy/Public/Audio/audacityrr.m4r

Audiko:
http://idisk.mac.com/tedroddy/Public/Audio/audikorr.m4r

The Audacity one is louder AND not distorted. The Audiko one is quiet AND really distorted.

And don't even TRY to make ringtones out of songs that were recorded before the Loudness War on www.audiko.net. LOL. Compare these two Michael Jackson ringtones I made, same thing as before. Audacity vs. Audiko.

Audacity:
http://idisk.mac.com/tedroddy/Public/Audio/audacitydontstop.m4r

Audiko:
http://idisk.mac.com/tedroddy/Public/Audio/audikodontstop.m4r

I think I'll stick with my step by step procedure and you can stick with your lawlz and "/thread" attempts. ;)
 
Audacity

Thanks General. Seems like Audacity is the way to go.

Im having issues with it recognizing the mp3 files I downloaded however. Any suggestions?
 
The General said:
Audiko.net doesn't EQ or normalize the tracks, so the ringtones distort and sound like freaking garbage.

Sync these to your phone and test them if you don't believe me. Daft Punk - Robot Rock. I made the first one in Audacity, EQ'd and cut off >100hz, normalized ~-3.0db. The other one I made with www.audiko.net

Audacity:
http://idisk.mac.com/tedroddy/Public/Audio/audacityrr.m4r

Audiko:
http://idisk.mac.com/tedroddy/Public/Audio/audikorr.m4r

The Audacity one is louder AND not distorted. The Audiko one is quiet AND really distorted.

And don't even TRY to make ringtones out of songs that were recorded before the Loudness War on www.audiko.net. LOL. Compare these two Michael Jackson ringtones I made, same thing as before. Audacity vs. Audiko.

Audacity:
http://idisk.mac.com/tedroddy/Public/Audio/audacitydontstop.m4r

Audiko:
http://idisk.mac.com/tedroddy/Public/Audio/audikodontstop.m4r

I think I'll stick with my step by step procedure and you can stick with your lawlz and "/thread" attempts. ;)
Click to expand...

Thanks for the info about that. I used to use www.audiko.net but you've opened my eyes :cool:
 
rust.puppet said:
lol not everyone can afford a mac, not to mention microsoft is the standard in most college classes ect. its not always convenient for everyone to have apple computers. you dont have to be so rough on the guy.
Click to expand...

I didn't think that anyone on this thread was being rough on the guy. They merely said they use garageband. If you dont have garageband you dont have a mac. Calm down mate. Or prove me wrong, I could have missed that post.
 
fireshot91 said:
IF YOUR PC:


have the song in iTunes Music library

1) right click>Convert to AAC

2) rename the second one(the AAC one whatever you want thats diff than the first one)

3)right click>Get Info>Options tab

4)check the Start time and End Time boxes, and put in the 30 seconds you want as your ringtone

5) after that, hit OK, go into My Music>iTunes>iTunesMusic>(insert artist name here)>(insert Album here)>and then rename it from "whatever.m4A" to "whatever.m4R"(w/o quotes)

6) go to iTunes>File>Add file to library> and then find it, and add it and itll be in your ringtone section under Library


if your in Mac, do the same thing only instead of My Documents>My Music

put wherever your iTunes folder is(im not expierienced wit Mac, so idk)
Click to expand...


This Doesnt work @ all. But You know that
 
actually...that works for my iPhone...so i figured itd work for yalls iPhones...i dont know why, but my bro's iPhone 3G, doesnt work wit it because OF HIS COMPUTER.. somehow it wont show the .m4A extension on the end of his name..
 
Garageband works great for making your own ringtones. Just use the effects loops and think of a theme for your friends and family. Insert loops adjust the timing (fading in & out) and export, or plug in a microphone and record what ever song you want live and cut and edit the section you want and export.
 
Here's what I do.

Convert file to AAC
Open in Quicktime Pro
Set a 30 second selection
Trim the song to that 30 seconds
Save as .m4r file
Add file to iTunes library

It works great. I'm not about to pay iTunes to make a ringtone for a song I already own, especially since a lot of my ringtone songs aren't available on iTunes (The Beatles, Frank Zappa).
 
When I'm using my PC at home I use a program called iPhoneRingToneMaker

works pretty good too. Even automatically adds it to iTunes.

But on my mac at work I use GarageBand
or on my Linux boxes I'll use audacity
 
iPhone Ringtone Maker

Guys IMO this is the best and easiest way to transfer the ringtones. iPhone Ringtone Maker lets u create a ringtone from ur favourite song. It creates the ringtone and sends it to the Itunes...u can then sync it up with the iphone.

www.iphoneringtonemaker.com
 
no songs just tones

can someone tell me how i can make simple ring tones i dont like haveing a song for my ringtone but i would like some more choices maybe make my own for some simple tone or melidy ringers is there a web site or program that does this thank you
 
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