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iPhone ringtones

post #1 of 20
2/28/08 at 5:47am
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so I took the plunge and bought an iPhone. So far so good, but I have a question about ringtones.

iTunes will allow me to buy ringtones made from songs, and I've found some directions at various online resources of how I could make song-clips into ringtones on my own (haven't tried yet)

But what if I don't want a song? What if I want to use a .wav file of my child laughing? Or a .au file? What if I don't want to make it myself because of lazyness, time and/or tech savvy. What if I want to download or buy a ringtone that is not a song - like a tricorder sound or R2D2 tweeps? Can that even be found? I've tried searching and all I find is spam and music ringtones.

I'd rather not go through a complex process of exporting and converting files. I especially don't want to spend $25-$50 for software just to make a handful of ringtones. I just want to buy some fun ringtones. I'm getting very frustrated. Do you have any ideas?
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post #2 of 20
2/28/08 at 10:26am

Re: iPhone ringtones

Yep - try here - HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Apple.HowardForums.com

or here - Hack that Phone - Editing ringtones on OS X

You'd think after 2000.00 for a phone and minimum monthly agreement, a silly ringtone would be free.

Enjoy the vast discussion at HF
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post #3 of 20
2/28/08 at 3:18pm

Re: iPhone ringtones

To make a ringtone from any mp3 and/or wav clip:

1. Drop or drag the mp3/wav file into your iTunes Library.

2. Right-click on it and turn it into a AAC.

3. Delete the file from your Library (but not from the disc.)

4. Locate the file and rename it to a .m4r extension.

5. Add the file back to the Library.
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post #4 of 20
3/2/08 at 12:46pm
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Re: iPhone ringtones

I found a program which allows me to convert file types for free.

Thanks
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post #5 of 20
3/7/08 at 10:51pm

Re: iPhone ringtones

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Originally Posted by Joseph Bolus
To make a ringtone from any mp3 and/or wav clip:

1. Drop or drag the mp3/wav file into your iTunes Library.

2. Right-click on it and turn it into a AAC.

3. Delete the file from your Library (but not from the disc.)

4. Locate the file and rename it to a .m4r extension.

5. Add the file back to the Library.

i can never get that to work
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post #6 of 20
3/16/08 at 7:00am
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Re: iPhone ringtones

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Originally Posted by TonyD
i can never get that to work

it won't work with the apple m4p - you first have to convert it to mp3. I found a good program for that; Virtual CD-RW burner converts DRM protected iTunes M4P to MP3, M4B to MP3, iTunes to WAV, M4A to WMA

Once you do that the rest is cake, but it does take some familiarity with windows files.

I rename the MP3 so as not to confuse it with the original file (i remove the caps)
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post #7 of 20
3/16/08 at 7:03am
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Re: iPhone ringtones

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Originally Posted by ErichH
Yep - try here - HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Apple.HowardForums.com

or here - Hack that Phone - Editing ringtones on OS X

You'd think after 2000.00 for a phone and minimum monthly agreement, a silly ringtone would be free.

Enjoy the vast discussion at HF

Nice, but what about ringtones that are not songs? Is there someplace where I could find a lightning bolt, fart, dolphin, trumpet fanfare or other sounds which are not songs per se?
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post #8 of 20
3/16/08 at 8:34am

Re: iPhone ringtones

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Originally Posted by Eric_L
it won't work with the apple m4p - you first have to convert it to mp3. I found a good program for that; Virtual CD-RW burner converts DRM protected iTunes M4P to MP3, M4B to MP3, iTunes to WAV, M4A to WMA

Once you do that the rest is cake, but it does take some familiarity with windows files.

I rename the MP3 so as not to confuse it with the original file (i remove the caps)

that looks to be pc not mac, i know this is an iphone topic but it's in the apple
forum area.
is there something like this for mac?
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post #9 of 20
3/16/08 at 3:03pm

Re: iPhone ringtones

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Originally Posted by Eric_L
Nice, but what about ringtones that are not songs? Is there someplace where I could find a lightning bolt, fart, dolphin, trumpet fanfare or other sounds which are not songs per se?

google sounds?

I hate song ringtones. Gather sounds from any source and use something to edit length, etc. iMovie if you have to, but look for freeware sound edit apps at versiontracker.com.

As for pre made mp3,wav, aif....?

All the farts you can stand at farts.com but I could never get the proper LF to make them sound good on a phone
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post #10 of 20
3/16/08 at 5:12pm
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Re: iPhone ringtones

I tried to google ringtones and found nothing but spam sites trying to trick me into sharing my phone number.
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post #11 of 20
3/18/08 at 11:12am

Re: iPhone ringtones

1000s of free sounds - some useful for ringtone as is, and many more with a basic length edit.

Soundsnap.com: Find and Share Free Sound Effects and Loops

Have Fun!
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post #12 of 20
3/19/08 at 12:47pm

Garage Band

No one has mentioned the Apple approved method for free ringtone creation: Using Garage Band (which does come free with your Mac...)

I tried, it, it works great, and of course it allows you to select whichever portion of the song you want, or edit different pieces together, etc. It's a fun, powerful tool. (You can use anything that's DRM free from your iTunes library)
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post #13 of 20
3/19/08 at 1:22pm

Re: iPhone ringtones

ted it's funny (to me) that you mention it.
a few days ago i tried that but i cannot figure out how to use GB to do anything let alone make ring tones.
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post #14 of 20
3/19/08 at 1:47pm

Re: iPhone ringtones

ok i just went over to apple support.

"With GarageBand 4.1.1 you can export your original song, your original audio recordings, or use Apple Loops and iLife jingles to create a custom ringtone for your iPhone.

i only have 3.0, so i guess i can't do it.
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post #15 of 20
3/19/08 at 5:50pm
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Re: iPhone ringtones

I've seen garage band - but I don't get it... It looks like a sequencer/multi track recorder, but it seems only to utilize the MAC instruments, not the instruments on your keyboard...
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post #16 of 20
3/20/08 at 5:14am

Re: iPhone ringtones

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Originally Posted by TonyD
ok i just went over to apple support.

"With GarageBand 4.1.1 you can export your original song, your original audio recordings, or use Apple Loops and iLife jingles to create a custom ringtone for your iPhone.

i only have 3.0, so i guess i can't do it.
Yes, you need iLife '08, which is totally worth it for the iPhoto upgrade.
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Originally Posted by Eric_L
I've seen garage band - but I don't get it... It looks like a sequencer/multi track recorder, but it seems only to utilize the MAC instruments, not the instruments on your keyboard...
Keyboard? As in a MIDI keyboard you have connected to your Mac or...??
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post #17 of 20
3/20/08 at 4:46pm
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Re: iPhone ringtones

I own a couple of midi keyboards.
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post #18 of 20
4/3/08 at 12:50am

Re: iPhone ringtones

well i was ale to come across an ilife '08 and the garageand on there is easy
to use to make ringtones.

you can make 40sec tones instead of the 30sec ones you do in itunes that you have to pay for.

btw gb just had an update to 4.1.2
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post #19 of 20
10/25/09 at 7:50pm
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post #20 of 20
10/25/09 at 8:18pm
Nope.  One of the new outsiders
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