Ringtones: simple way to make them for free!!!

[baseballbent]

this was really simple

go to download.com and download WavePad. just download the 2 week free trial.
then open a song in wavepad.
highlight a 30 second clip that u want to make as the ringtone. copy it and past it into a new file.
(you can edit it however u want i guess or combine songs or watever)
then when u have a 30-35 second song clip, save it to your computer.
import it to iTunes
right click the song and convert it to AAC
find this newly converted file in ur compurter files
change it from ".m4a" to ".m4r"
then drag it into iTunes and it will show up in the ringtones section.

its as easy as that.
and it only takes a few minutes once WavePad is already downloaded.

 

[JBaker122586]

There are several other much easier ways (including just using Apple's GarageBand) that have been widely known for months.

 

[baseballbent]

well its easy for a windows user

 

[LocJaw]

So this really works I will have to give it a shot when I get off work. Yeah there was not anything easy for of users but it is getting better. Thanks for the post.

 

[todd11231]

how do you change it from an .m4a to an .m4r ???

 

[TK B$K]

or you could but iphone ringtone maker!

 

[macsensei]

I just made a ringtone in garageband. It took me 23 seconds. I love this!!!

 

[baseballbent]

how do you change it from an .m4a to an .m4r ???

Once you have converted it to AAC in iTunes, find it in your files. Make sure that the file extensions are not hidden. Then just change the "a" to an "r"

Just click the title once so it is blue, then click the title again so it is in a renameing mode, change the letter, hit enter, click ok if a box pops up saying "blah blah permanent change blah blah" (its really no big deal, just press ok) then drag the new file into iTunes. (The file icon will literally change from "MPEG" to "ring" so thats a sign that everything went alright)

 

[BergerFan]

Awesome! It even works with tunes downloaded from the store.
How can i make message tones though?