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want to use music as an alarm + not spend another $ on songs that cant be ringtones

lucface

lucface

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It is so frustrating i cant use a song as an alarm. Why. It would be to easy.
so i go buy DRM of itunes to make a ringtone to use and it doesnt work for that song. and i do it again, buy another, and another, and one more. im not going to keep buying songs because Steve told me i can make ringtones, When it isnt actually true.
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gime a break here.
 
So don't buy ringtones then? It's all a scam to make you pay twice for the same song IMO.

There are plenty of ways to make your own. Here's how I made mine: Take your song (eg MP3) and use iTunes to select the part you want with the start/stop times in Get Info. Limit it to 30 sec or whatever. Use "convert selection to AAC". Right click on the new AAC file, go to "Show in finder". Rename the file extension to .m4r, and delete the AAC listing in iTunes (don't move to trash). Now double-click on the renamed file, it adds it as a ringtone, and syncs to your phone.

Sounds like a complicated procedure, but actually only takes about 1 minute to do, less than the time it took to type all this.
 
lucface said:
It is so frustrating i cant use a song as an alarm. Why. It would be to easy.
so i go buy DRM of itunes to make a ringtone to use and it doesnt work for that song. and i do it again, buy another, and another, and one more. im not going to keep buying songs because Steve told me i can make ringtones, When it isnt actually true.
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gime a break here.
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dude, it tells u before you buy it if it can be made into a ringtone??
 
Drumjim85 said:
that's exactly what I was thinking... Theres a while cloumn for the ringtone icon. Look before you buy. (or buy from amzon drm free, and make your own ringtone.)
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ohhhhhhhh, no sh..
ok, my bad, sorry steve

cazlar said:
Use "convert selection to AAC".
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Thank you for your detailed response. one thing though, Im having trouble finding that option..


cazlar said:
So don't buy ringtones then? It's all a scam to make you pay twice for the same song IMO.
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Holy frikn fraggle rock, i thought you ment because it will use up its 5 machine limit and you will have to buy another. not because they actually charge you for a SNIPPET OF YOUR OWN SONG.
I take it back Steve.

well im 6 bucks in now for a 30 second piece of my 5th choice. ohh well. i wish i could at least return the ones that dont work.

can you at least rearrange your ringtone later if you want?
 
lucface said:
It is so frustrating i cant use a song as an alarm. Why. It would be to easy.
so i go buy DRM of itunes to make a ringtone to use and it doesnt work for that song. and i do it again, buy another, and another, and one more. im not going to keep buying songs because Steve told me i can make ringtones, When it isnt actually true.
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gime a break here.
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If you have the most recent version of Garageband you can turn any song into a ringtone and put it on your iPhone to use as an alarm.
 
What a Crock. well thank geez for a work around. more and more i catch these slimy little things Apple does. i loose a lil respect every time. i love to love Apple, i dont want to hate to love Apple.
 
cazlar said:
So don't buy ringtones then? It's all a scam to make you pay twice for the same song IMO.

There are plenty of ways to make your own. Here's how I made mine: Take your song (eg MP3) and use iTunes to select the part you want with the start/stop times in Get Info. Limit it to 30 sec or whatever. Use "convert selection to AAC". Right click on the new AAC file, go to "Show in finder". Rename the file extension to .m4r, and delete the AAC listing in iTunes (don't move to trash). Now double-click on the renamed file, it adds it as a ringtone, and syncs to your phone.

Sounds like a complicated procedure, but actually only takes about 1 minute to do, less than the time it took to type all this.
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Well, after learning some more and already having audio highjack i used a method said by another member because i couldnt Find a convert to AAC option. and i couldnt do the Garageband method because i dont have it.

here is the directions:
RichardHunter said:
I've seen a couple ways posted about exporting playlists from the apple store to a text file, copying the links into safari 3, etc. etc. etc.

I think I have an incredibly easy way. :)

1) Download the DEMO version of Audio Hijack Pro. GET IT HERE!

(Note: The Demo of the Pro version only allows you to record for 10 minutes before it overlays the recording with noise... however, as we only need it for 30 seconds... this is not a problem ;-) )

2) Set Hijack Pro to automatically create a new file after 2 seconds of silence.

3) Hijack iTunes, visit iTunes store, double click any song to hear 30 second sample.

4) Rename Hijack audio file something that you'd like it to show up as on the iPhone.

5) Use your favorite tool to get ringtones on the iPhone.

I have actually purchased Hijack because I'm using it so much now to DE-DRM my itunes purchases... but I have literally several hundred ringtones from itunes within a couple hours of messing around with it.

Sooo easy!
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My problem is; i do it all and rename it to the m4r extension, it WILL list in my itunes ringtones folder and it WILL sync to my iphone...but its vary strange,...
it doesnt sync the actual ringtone. instead it duplicates my ONE apple authorized ringtone i already have on my phone as many times as there are ringtones im trying to sync. so if i have 4 ring tones to sync it will duplicate my autorized ring 4 times and i play all its clones and they are the same.

So i have em in my itunes ringtones but cant get them on my phone actually.
 
cazlar said:
There are plenty of ways to make your own. Here's how I made mine: Take your song (eg MP3) and use iTunes to select the part you want with the start/stop times in Get Info. Limit it to 30 sec or whatever. Use "convert selection to AAC". Right click on the new AAC file, go to "Show in finder". Rename the file extension to .m4r, and delete the AAC listing in iTunes (don't move to trash). Now double-click on the renamed file, it adds it as a ringtone, and syncs to your phone.

Sounds like a complicated procedure, but actually only takes about 1 minute to do, less than the time it took to type all this.
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Not to resurrect a dead thread but this is brilliant, thanks very much for sharing. What a simple way to get around Apple's limitations. This is excellent.
 
theres also myxer.com
just sign up for an account, load an mp3, cut a section out, download, and drag to itunes ringtone folder
 
Bigsam411 said:
If you have the most recent version of Garageband you can turn any song into a ringtone and put it on your iPhone to use as an alarm.
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you can also do it in windows movie maker if op doesn't have a mac. There's millions of tuturials on this on YouTube.
 
You don't have the convert to AAC option because in your iTunes preferences your encoding is set up as something else. If you change your "Import settings" in your preferences, to AAC you should then have that option when you right click a song.
 
Scam!

lucface said:
What a Crock. well thank geez for a work around. more and more i catch these slimy little things Apple does. i loose a lil respect every time.
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The whole iTunes music store is a scam if you ask me. You can buy the actual CD for at or nearly the same price as you can get it from iTunes and you get so much more! You get full audio fidelity, a professionally produced and printed CD, and the full booklet. I would never be stupid enough to pay equal price for DRM enforced, lossy audio formats with no physical product to show for it.

Case in point: I just picked a top album in iTunes:

Price in iTunes

Price at Amazon
 
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Eso said:
The whole iTunes music store is a scam if you ask me. You can buy the actual CD for at or nearly the same price as you can get it from iTunes and you get so much more! You get full audio fidelity, a professionally produced and printed CD, and the full booklet. I would never be stupid enough to pay equal price for DRM enforced, lossy audio formats with no physical product to show for it.

Case in point: I just picked a top album in iTunes:

Price in iTunes

Price at Amazon
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Not sure what school you went in regards to math...
Amazon = $9.99 +$2.98 S/H = $12.97
iTunes = $9.99 + $0.00 S/H = $9.99

The savings of $2.98 is 3 ring tones from the :apple: iTunes store *

With Amazon you are waiting on standard shipping (3~ days) Then you have to rip the CD to your computer, which you may chose the same lossy audio formats as :apple: just to get it on your iDevice :p

With Apple you have the album 'instantly'. You can chose to burn it to a CD if you want.

In todays instant gratification world Amazon = teh lose.

* why people pay $0.99 for a ring tone is beyond me :eek: :( :confused:
 
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Flhusky said:
Not sure what school you went in regards to math...
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Eso said:
You can buy the actual CD for at or nearly the same price as you can get it from iTunes
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Amazon has free shipping for orders over $25. You can also run to the store and buy it immediately if you like - hell then you can even listen to it in your car on the way back. Ripping doesn't take very long and you have complete control of which format (lossy OR lossless) and bit rate or you encode your files, unlike iTunes. The files are DRM free so iTunes doesn't have a G.I. Joe Kung Fu grip on them either.

Sure, you can burn your iTunes albums to CD - a blank, generic CD you'll label with a black sharpie. Professionally produced CD's are 10x the quality in both printing and audio fidelity.
 
wow this thread really helped me out. Thanks everyone!



There are plenty of ways to make your own. Here's how I made mine: Take your song (eg MP3) and use iTunes to select the part you want with the start/stop times in Get Info. Limit it to 30 sec or whatever. Use "convert selection to AAC". Right click on the new AAC file, go to "Show in finder". Rename the file extension to .m4r, and delete the AAC listing in iTunes (don't move to trash). Now double-click on the renamed file, it adds it as a ringtone, and syncs to your phone.

Sounds like a complicated procedure, but actually only takes about 1 minute to do, less than the time it took to type all this


the person that posted this has the easiest way to do it.
 
Rubbish

Sorry but this whole thread just infuriates me. Good music alarm functionality is obviously something that needs to be deeply embedded within the iPhone OS. From what I see of the apps currently available, they are either functionally useless or suck the battery dry overnight. A option to play a library song seems like the most obvious thing for Apple to build as part of the basic alarm functionality.

I didn't buy Apple only to have to hack around with sound files. If I wanted to do that, I'd go for Android - which I probably will do with my next phone.

And buying ringtones? Do I look like a 13 year old who wants to buy a Ikon or Crazy Frog ringtone? Who do I have to kill to be able to have Beethoven's 5th (which I OWN) wake me up in the morning?
 
johnwheny said:
Sorry but this whole thread just infuriates me. Good music alarm functionality is obviously something that needs to be deeply embedded within the iPhone OS. From what I see of the apps currently available, they are either functionally useless or suck the battery dry overnight. A option to play a library song seems like the most obvious thing for Apple to build as part of the basic alarm functionality.

I didn't buy Apple only to have to hack around with sound files. If I wanted to do that, I'd go for Android - which I probably will do with my next phone.

And buying ringtones? Do I look like a 13 year old who wants to buy a Ikon or Crazy Frog ringtone? Who do I have to kill to be able to have Beethoven's 5th (which I OWN) wake me up in the morning?
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Post #2 tells you how to do this. You call it hacking, I guess, but once you've done it a few times, it's really second nature.
 
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