TUTORIAL: How To Get FREE Ringtones Using Your Own Music

This is a tutorial on how to make a Ringtone for your iPhone using your own music for free.

There are a few ways to do this but the method I am going to show you is probably the simplest method and it only requires iTunes to do but still you need to make sure you follow the steps carefully or you may encounter problems trying to get your ringtones.

Step 1
Open up iTunes and go to:

Edit-->Preferences

In the General Tab, Make sure Ringtones is ticked.

Next, click on "Import Settings..." and make sure in the drop box beside the "Import Using:" you have "AAC Encoder" selected.

Exit out of the Preferences window by Hitting "OK" then "OK".


Step 2
Go to Music and find the song you would like to make a ringtone out of.
Before converting the song into a ringtone, you will need to select a "clip" of the song which is 30 seconds or less.

To do this, right click on the song and select "Get Info"

Step 3
Go to the "Options" Tab and make sure "Start Time" and "Stop Time" are ticked. This is where you are going to be selecting your 30 second clip.

Hit "OK" after you have selected your clip.

Step 4
Right click on the song again and select "Create ACC Version" now and you should see a duplicate of the song right under, but now the time for it is only 0:30, or whatever else you chose.

Step 5
What you want to do now is drag the newly created file onto your desktop. After it appears on your desktop, make sure you delete it from your iTunes right away.

Do this by right clicking the file and selecting "Delete" , select "Remove" then "Move to Recycle Bin".

Close out of iTunes when you are finished.

Step 6
You should see the filename end in .m4a. If you cannot see this in the filename.

If you are unsure of how to do this follow the instructions below:

Windows Vista: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1269/vista_show_unhide_file_extensions/

Windows XP: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=193

Once you are able to see the .m4a file extension. Rename the file extension to .m4r, which is the iPhone ringtone format.

A window should pop up asking if you want to change the file extension, just hit "Yes"

You should now see the icon change to iTunes logo with the word "RING" under it.

Step 7
Double click the .m4r file to open it up in iTunes. Make sure you do this instead of dragging the .m4r file into iTunes.

It should open up in the "Ringtones" section if you have done this correctly.

Step 8
Before you sync, click on your iPhone under "Devices" and in the "Ringtones" Tab make sure you have "sync ringtones" ticked off.

Just sync up your iPhone to get your ringtone on!

Step 9
Set the ringtone on your iPhone. On your iPhone, simply go to "Settings", then "Sounds" then "Ringtone" you should see your ringtone at the very top under "Custom"

Just select it, listen to the preview, and exit out!

And there you have your free custom ringtone. As always if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave it below!