How to make free iPhone ringtones

I can see some people ask those questions about ringtones always ….so i colllect some good articles to resolve those problems..and hope can help more and more people….

Q: How do you convert a purchased song from your playlist on itunes to a ringtone?

Q: How to Make free iPhone ringtones in iTunes?

Q: How to Create ringtones for your iPhone?

Q: How to Make Custom iPhone Ringtones for Free?

Q: Why won’t my iTunes let me make a ringtone with songs that I have purchased from the iTunes store for my iPhon?

Article 1: Make free iPhone ringtones in iTunes 10

Apple took the functionality to buy a ringtone out of iTunes 10 for some reason, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have custom ringtones. You can make your own free iPhone ringtones directly within iTunes 10, this is the best way to go since you don’t have to get any additional software or pay for a service to create the files. Don’t download or pay for one of the iPhone ringtone maker apps, just launch iTunes and follow this guide, it’s easy to do and totally free.

Make an iPhone ringtone in iTunes 10

If you’ve made an iPhone ringtone before the process will be familiar to you. This will work the same on both Mac and Windows versions of iTunes 10:

• Launch iTunes 10
• Find and select the song you want to make a ringtone out of in iTunes 10
• Right-click on the song name and select ‘Get Info’, then click on the Options tab
• Select the playback period of the song that you want to ringtone to be, make sure it’s 30 seconds

• Now click “OK” and then right click on the song again, and select “Create AAC version” to create a new version of the song with the 30 second interval you specified
• Locate this newly created 30 second clip in iTunes (at the top of the playlist if you search by ‘date added’ and right click on the file and then select “Show in Finder”
• Now in the Finder (or Windows explorer, the process is the same for Windows iTunes 10), rename the file extension from .m4a to .m4r

• Accept the file extension change to .m4r
• Now back in iTunes remove the file from the playlist (do NOT move to Trash, select ‘keep file’) and then re-import the file into iTunes 10 by double clicking the .m4r file within the Finder or Windows
• The file will now be added back into iTunes as a ringtone and you can do what you want with it

• Sync it with your iPhone and assign to contacts as usual with custom iPhone ringtones

If you used iTunes 9 to make custom iPhone ringtones the process is very similar.

Enjoy your free iPhone ringtones!

source From : http://osxdaily.com

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Article two: Creating ringtones for your iPhone

You can create ringtones (the sound your iPhone makes when someone calls) from many songs available in the iTunes Store. You pay a fee for each custom ringtone.

Eligible songs have a bell icon next to them:

If you don’t see the bell column in your iTunes library, choose View > View Options, and then select Ringtone. (If a message appears, click Check Songs.) If you don’t see the bell column in the iTunes Store, follow the same steps while you’re in the iTunes Store.

To create a ringtone:

1. Choose iTunes > Preferences, click General, and then make sure Ringtones is selected.
2. Make sure you’re connected to the Internet.
3. Select the song you want to use, and then choose Store > Create Ringtone.
4. In the editing window that appears, choose the part of the song you want to use as the ringtone.You can use up to 30 seconds of the song.
   
5. When you’re ready, click Buy.

Important:After you click Buy, you can change the ringtone’s name and other information, but you can’t select a different portion of the song.

You can sync ringtones created with iTunes with any iPhone you own, and play them on up to five authorized computers. After you sync your iPhone, you can assign the ringtone to one or more contacts.

Note:iTunes ringtones are available only in some countries, and can be used only on iPhone.

source from : http://docs.info.apple.com
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Article three : How to Make Custom iPhone Ringtones for Free

So you bought an iPhone. You love the phone and all its features, but wish you didn’t have to pay for your songs twice to get a ringtone. There are plenty of songs in your music library, but no way to make ringtones from any of them. Or is there? Actually, with a little bit of trickery (nothing illegal), you can create ringtones from any one of your non-DRM songs in your iTunes library easily and for free. This works on both Mac and Windows PCs.

*Please note: There may be differences among all the possible combinations of iTunes versions and operating system versions

Instructions

Things You’ll Need:

• iTunes
• Mac or Windows computer
• Non-DRM song (i.e., one not bought from the iTunes Store)

1.Open iTunes.
2.Find the song that you want to make into a ringtone.
3.Listen to the song and find the part of it you want to use. The chorus may be a good place to start.
4.Write down the start and stop times of the clip.
5.Right-click the song and select “Get Info.”
6.Click the “Options” tab.
7.Type in the start time of your ringtone in the text box next to “Start Time” in the minutes:seconds (i.e., 2:01) format.
8.Type in the end time of your ringtone in the text box next to “Stop Time.” Make sure the ringtone is no more than 40 seconds long.
9.Click “OK.”
10.Right-click your song again and select “Convert Selection to AAC.” Wait for iTunes to convert your song. It will create a duplicate version.
11.Right-click the ringtone and select “Delete.”
12.Click on the “Keep Files” button.
13.Find the file. It’s usually in your User folder under “Music > iTunes > iTunes Music” and under the band’s name. It will have an extension of m4a.
14.
Replace the m4a extension of your ringtone with m4r. You can either double-click slowly to rename your file, or right-click and select “Get Info” on a Mac or “Rename” on a Windows PC.
15.Click “Use .m4r” or the PC equivalent when the system warns you that the change may affect the use of your file.
16.
Double-click the ringtone file. ITunes will automatically add it to your ringtones folder in your iTunes Music Library.
17.Connect your iPhone and sync your ringtones.







source from : http://www.ehow.com
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Article four : CyberNotes: Create Free iPhone Ringtones Using iTunes in Windows

One of the things that Apple hasn’t made easy for iPhone owners is providing a way to create custom ringtones in Windows. If you’re a Mac owner you can use GarageBand, but Apple doesn’t provide that application on Windows. Instead what they expect you to do is purchase a song for $0.99, and then convert it to a ringtone for another $0.99.As it turns out in a few steps you can actually convert a DRM-free song into a ringtone using only iTunes in Windows. The trick also works for Mac users, but using GarageBand is a lot simpler so we’re focusing primarily on the Windows side.

Here’s what you need to do:

1. Start iTunes and find the [DRM-free] song you want to convert to a ringtone. Right-click on it and select the Get Info option.
   
2. On the Options tab locate the Start Time and End Time options. This is where you want to specify the portion of the song you wanted converted into a ringtone. Check both of the boxes, and make sure your ringtone is under 30-seconds. Press OK when finished.
   
3. Right-click on the song you just modified, and choose the Convert to AAC option. If you don’t see this in the context menu navigate to Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Importing, and make sure the AAC Encoder is selected in the Import Using menu.
   
4. Once the song has finished being converted to the new format it will appear in your music list, and the “Time” should reflect the correct duration of the ringtone (which should be less than 30-seconds). Now navigate to your iTunes music folder to find the converted song. Here’s an example of where my Green Day ringtone was located:
   
5. Make sure you’re able to see the file’s extension (.M4A) like in the screenshot above. If you don’t see the extension go to Tools -> Folder Options -> View (Organize -> Folder and Search Options on Vista), and uncheck the Hide extensions for known file types box. Then click OK.
6. Copy the music file (with the .M4A extension) to your desktop. Once you’ve done that rename the file’s extension to .M4R which will make iTunes recognize it as a ringtone. Make sure there are no symbols (underscores, hyphens, etc…) in the file name.
   
7. In iTunes go to File -> Add File to Library, and then browse for the file from step 6. Once you’ve selected it press the Open button. iTunes will place the ringtone in the respective section in your library:
   
8. Sync your iPhone with iTunes and your newly created ringtone should get transferred over. If it doesn’t be sure to check the Ringtones tab in the iPhone configuration section of iTunes to verify that it is setup to sync your ringtones.

What is DRM?

I’ve been getting all kinds of questions and emails from people asking what DRM is. An anonymous commenter below did a great job answering the question. Here is his response:

DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. In a nutshell, a song with DRM is meant to keep you from giving it to someone else. If you’re using Windows XP (and I’m sure there’s some equivalent for Vista), you can right-click on a song file, and choose Properties. Under the Summary tab, click the Advanced >> button if it’s there. Under the Origin heading, you will see an entry named ‘Protected’. If it says No, then the song does not have a DRM. If it says Yes, well, you may be able to pay Apple money to convert the song to an iTunes Plus track, which will be DRM-free. Hope this helps, best of luck!

That’s all there is to it. Now you can save yourself a bunch of money on ringtones. A big thanks to the Apple Blog who assembled the original instructions on how to do this for the Mac!

source from : http://cybernetnews.com
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Article five : Create free ringtones for your iPhone using only iTunes

itunes and songs you already have on your computer (This method only works with songs that are DRM free. To create ringtones using DRM protected songs please use this method). This method has been tested and works with iTunes 7.7.1 and iPhone 2.0.1 firmware.

To create custom ringtones using only iTunes:

1. Right click on the song you are going to make into a ringer and select “Get Info.”
2. Go to the options tab and go down to the “Start Time” and “Stop Time” check boxes. Check both boxes and input the time you want your ringer to start/stop. The ringer has to be 30 seconds or less. Click OK when you’re done.
3. Right click on your newly “clipped” song and select “Convert Selection to AAC.” The song will be re-encoded using the start and stop times determined (If your menu item does not read “Convert Selection to AAC” and reads “Convert Slection to MP3″ (or some other format) please go to iTunes > Preferences > Advanced > Importing and change the “Import Using” drop down menu to “AAC Encoder”).



4. After the song is done encoding navigate to your iTunes Music folder, locate your song, and drag it to your desktop. After the song is on your desktop go back to iTunes and delete the clipped version from you iTunes library (It won’t delete it from your desktop, it will only remove it from iTunes).
5. Go back the song on your desktop and right click on your song and chose “Get info.” Go to the name and extension section and change the extension from .m4a to .m4r (or you can just change the extension right from your desktop)
6. After the extension is changed simply double click on the file to add it to your iTunes library under the ringtones section. Sync your phone with iTunes and you’re done!

Remember to go back into iTunes and uncheck your custom start and stop times for the original version of your song.

source from : http://theappleblog.com

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